Company: Deloitte
Date: 2014-06-29
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Flawed Performance Evaluation Process
Pros: All the great things (talented co-workers, excellent learning opportunities, a culture promoting innovation and hard work, etc.) you would expect from a solid management consulting firm
Cons: 1. Messy leadership structure - not sure who is in charge of what.

2. Top-heavy org structure: some stats to share - 8 partners and 2 senior managers share the credit for a project run by 1 manager supported by 2 senior consultants and 2 consultants. 

3. A flawed performance evaluation process based on mis-aligned performance metrics 

 - Way too much weight is placed on firm activities, which in most cases add minimal, if any, value to the firm/people other than creating extra stress to the staff. 

- Top performance in client services is not properly rewarded - even if bringing in a full year's worth of client business as a SC/Manager would not qualify you for a 1 or 2 rank at the year-end unless you have done something (supporting his/her internal initiatives which may be low value-adding to begin with) for the decision makers. 

 - It all depends on how your performance is presented: Ironically, even if a consultant had organized a high-profile and successful internal event, if his/her counselor didn’t present him/her well at the year-end review meeting, he/she wouldn’t be rightfully recognized either.