Great culture and people, interesting projects, 'big firm' work with 'small firm' feel
Pros
- Good working culture, friendly, inclusive, entrepreneurial and supportive with 'sleeves rolled up' attitude to problem solving - Values held high - those that don't demonstrate values do not last long (e.g. big egos or difficult to work with) - Always enjoyed freedom and flexibility to pursue areas of interest and make things happen internally - Great balance between large firm and boutique based - big firm work (big brands, travel opps etc.) but with a small firm feel (esp. in London) - loads of scope to build/grow - Opportunity to work on very interesting emerging tech, broad business topics or topical public sector issues, I've been able to work on a host of interesting projects - Good support network and growth for career development, have always been stretched and challenged - great learning opps with Oxford / Yale programmes
Cons
- London is a growing practice so doesn't have the full breadth of industries or service lines the whole firm covers - Due to this sometimes a misalignment occurs where someone with a specific interest is staffed outside of that are which can cause frustration for non-generalists as we don't have the luxury of being able to have a big bench - Firm is European centric and London/UK is a smaller office internally - so isn't always driving the agenda on firmwide topics
