Pros
The junior team are lovely and very welcoming. Seniors can be more hit and miss - some are fantastic, others are not. Ultimately the best thing about working here was that I quickly learned some skills that allowed me to switch to a more sustainable and enjoyable job.
Cons
I worried that many of my issues were due to my being new. But the things I note below are very much still issues for most of those who've been in the company for many years: - Terrible work/life balance - Staffing on multiple projects simultaneously is a mess with little effort made to ensure both projects don't well exceed 100% of your allotted time - Crazy, variable, last-minute deadlines which could often be avoided - Seniors very often overpromise to sell projects based on hype, and then don't take responsibility for underdelivering, sometimes blaming juniors for not being able to execute on them - Work is ultimately monotonous and unrewarding - Projects often rehash the same, potentially unreliable material - Benefits/salary is well below competitors - Team structures are very silo'd and competitive, meaning it can often be hard to get internal resources you need to complete a project - For a company that prides itself on using tech to tackle big problems in Pharma, the tech infrastructure accessible to consulting is dire, antiquated and often gate-kept by teams who are not fully onboard with it being used for consulting projects
