Company: Deloitte
Date: 2015-12-28
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Deloitte consulting - staffing as a game of musical chairs
Pros: Good brand, great colleagues, interesting project based work.  Training facilities and content are excellent, Chicago office is well positioned in the loop
Cons: The work of the Strategy and Operations group is mostly focused on a strategic element of an SAP or Oracle installation.  Staffing is a game of musical chairs as dozens of consultants and senior consultants are competing for projects on the beach.  This manifests into an environment where consultants select projects not on the basis of interest or professional development, but rather on the need to bill hours and secure ratings.  

Internal support functions are woefully understaffed and frequently incompetent (e.g., staffing managers who've never actually worked as consultants.  Internal knowledge and research spearheaded by underutilized consultants on the beach, etc)

Deloitte consulting is a tech / process improvement shop masquerading as a strategy firm.