BearingPoint reviews

3.7

79% would recommend to a friend

(1,151 total reviews)
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Matthias Loebich

81% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

BearingPoint has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,151 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BearingPoint employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Beratung industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Apr 22, 2009
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Pros

Opportunities for advancement -- perversely due to attrition

Cons

constant internal management struggles surrounding our debt; bad senior managers and MDs

4.0
Mar 20, 2009
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Pros

BearingPoint is a very entrepreneurial place to work. If you are someone who thrives in an autonomous environment and hates to be micromanaged, then you will enjoy working at BearingPoint. As a project lead, I have been empowered by my project manager to lead my track as I see fit as long as it accomplishes the goals of the project. Traveling is big plus with BearingPoint since they still pay out the US CONUS PerDiem rates, so if you are cheap (like me) and can eat on $20/day, you can easily pull in an extra $400-500/month in discretionary income from traveling.

Cons

If you are someone that requires a lot of structure, it will drive you nuts. Most managers I have worked with are not very hands-on and rely more on your initiative than on their own management. I highly encourage you to use this as an opportunity to expand your skillset and take initiative. You will have more opportunities to meet with clients, the downside is that you may not feel as comfortable since often times you are thrown into situations you have not necessarily been prepared for ahead of time. My advice is to stay away from negativity, there is a lot of it and if you work at BearingPoint you don't need anymore of it.

2.0
Mar 17, 2009
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Pros

Excellent, brilliant, skilled and creative colleagues. Comprehensive organizational processes. Wonderful clients. Broad reach of solutions and specialists to both drawn upon and learn from. International scale of company is very valuable in delivering complex client solutions and handling mid-size projects. Deep client relationships and references are very helpful.

Cons

Ugly politics. Organization of solutions and business units creates more work to sell a job internally than it does to a customer. Politics and infighting can wreck growth accounts. Although the highest levels of leadership are very strong, mid-levels are very inconsistent, many chase the quickest buck and have neither a strategic nor leadership oriented perspective. Political infighting has damaged client relationships and endangered projects. Some mid-level leaders are not very good communicators, which fosters a sense of isolation and lack of synchronicity.

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