NOT Management Consulting - Recensione dipendente - Senior Associate presso BrandActive

2,0
2 dic 2025
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

- Most of the people I worked with/for were awesome, hard-working individuals that I really enjoyed working with - Flexible working situation - Opportunity to put global, industry-leading companies on your resume

Svantaggi

- Despite it being marketed as such, this is not really management consulting, but more project management. Despite the interview process involving a level of Excel analysis / modelling work, in my 1.5 years at the company, I was never presented with the opportunity to actually do this type of work. - Much of the effort is spent tracking down clients and asking for status updates on their work, and then reporting out to client engagement leaders. Found there was little to no strategic analysis required. - To advance, even on the "consulting" side, there is a lot of specialization required in very niche topics (e.g., signage, brand guidelines, etc.) that are not easily transferrable to other industries / jobs. - Found there was little communication of how well the company was actually doing and what my efforts on a given project were actually driving for the business. At much bigger firms I'd worked for, we were given an indication and report-out of company performance; seemingly, this would be even more important for a small company like BA that wants to drive buy-in from its employees.

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5,0
9 nov 2023
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

- Opportunity to work with executives at big companies across a wide range of industries - The projects run through all phases of a brand transition so you have the chance to develop different skills (e.g. budget planning, financial analysis, project planning) - Many opportunities to present in front of client senior leadership - Good chance to learn about various aspects of a business as a company's brand touches almost everything (e.g. marketing, product development, IT, signage). - Great for networking - BrandActive is a small company so you get to know your coworkers and senior leadership very well. - A lot of room for growth for less experienced employees (e.g. you could start as an associate and work your way up to senior manager or higher).

Svantaggi

- The hours can sometimes be unpredictable due to client demands but this is typical at any consulting firm and BA leadership does a good job of trying to add more resources to a project when needed and also letting it be somewhat cyclical (e.g. sometimes you will have a very busy client for a period of time but then you may have a less busy client after that - BA didn't require a utilization rate/hourly billable requirements on employees which other firms I've worked at enforce and can create near constant workflow/stress). - Most of the projects are brand focused, and while there is still a lot of variety in that, there are some consultants that may prefer the chance to have engagements that go beyond that topic area.

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Risposta di BrandActive
2y
Thanks so much for your review! Glad to hear you enjoyed the many opportunities at BA and found it to be a positive experience.
1,0
20 gen 2025
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Colleagues are nice and remote working is a plus.

Svantaggi

Senior leadership team is a small exclusive, inexperienced group of narcissist who allow women to be treated terribly.

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