Vantaggi
-A lot of exposure to different clients in different industries -A lot of exposure to different methodologies within operations, supply chain, strategy, behavior and changement management and innovation -Diverse team with several diamonds from which you learn a lot and will stay in contact even after EFESO -Amazing client teams, great contacts. Multiple days per month for a client. In general you'll have 3-5 clients at any given period
Svantaggi
-Key indicator = billing client days. Nothing else matters to higher management. -Control oriented culture, better to prevent than cure. Assumption is that the employee will not act in the interest of EFESO when they can (I disagree with this perspective and think a company should be run differently) -You will have to manage multiple obstacles, very limited personal development structured by the company (very few trainings, possibility that they are planned in weekends, recently added a monthly training on Friday). You'll be send to client with little preparation. Don't fail too much and you "passed the test" and are part of the team. This means if you are practical + initiative you can learn a lot. -Female consultants have been verbally harassed by seniors, don't be afraid to be assertive to cut those conversations -A sense of team is little to not there. You are often alone at the client and few organised events with the team together to share knowledge and build relationships -Financial structure (incentives for top management) directs their behaviour, which is very much focused on the short term