Company has a lot to work on - Recensione dipendente - Consultant presso GreySpark

2,0
15 lug 2015
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Colleagues mostly have good capital markets experience and knowledge.

Svantaggi

If you join GreySpark at the management level with something to offer (new direction), then from what I could see you would enjoy working for the company. GreySpark needs this as it is small and quite new to the industry (expect to explain what GreySpark is at each meeting). It needs people who have the experience of working in the upper ranks of an established consultancy to tell them what it takes to become a true consultancy. Investment in this area is needed. I would not recommend this company to people with less that 6 years experience if what you are looking for is a consultancy. There is no training - Management haven't got time to spend on this area. Although there are opportunities to get external training (don't expect this until after probation at the earliest). You will not know what it means to be a GreySpark consultant, because this has not been defined and they do not have their own methodology to deliver end to end projects. If you are on the bench expect to have strange tasks to complete for management. Tasks interns shouldn't even be exposed to. This would be the perfect time to develop and learn the core skills of a consultant. Expect to learn the most from your own reading with little to no guidance.

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Risposta di GreySpark
10y
Thanks for the constructive feedback. To address your points: - the management team have senior management experience from both consultancies and investment banking companies - we are constantly investing in our people: we have a training plan that consists of courses (in-house and external formal qualifications); an internal website where training packs, videos and case studies can be found - this has been available since 2011 and is detailed at induction - training in-house is offered from day one; you are correct that external courses are not pursued until after probation which is typically three months. We like new joiners to have some time to settle in - we're not sure what you mean by 'strange tasks for management': non-billable time is typically utilised with contributions to white papers, CMI reports, training and as appropriate, projects for clients and developing core skills. There is an expectation that individuals will be proactive to some extent with this Regarding our methodology, there is an extensive website that has been built up over five years that contains our templates, methodology, engagement history and summary It is unfortunate (and strange) that you missed both the knowledge database and didn't utilise your time as requested while off client site. The database was a significant in-house project that took a number of months to take to the next level as a consolidated source and was well publicised internally. I hope you take this response positively and if we can help you with any aspect of this please get back in touch.

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5,0
18 set 2018
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

GreySpark has a strong culture in terms of ideas and knowledge sharing. People have the opportunity to contribute, to be challenged intellectually and to learn, leading to a natural tendency towards thought leadership and being in step with the current (and future) challenges that our clients have to contend with. GreySpark is an international firm with a client-centric approach and is able to successfully partner with its customers on global mandates in key financial hubs including London, Hong Kong and New York.

Svantaggi

Although GreySpark has a comprehensive career ladder framework which caters for people that can progress via a "Management / Commercial" track or an "Expert" track, continued investment in helping people to think of themselves as a "business owner" and not just an "employee" will help to define the mentality of whether people embrace the opportunity with GreySpark as a business opportunity as opposed to just a day job.

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3,0
18 feb 2025
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

work life balance, enjoyable team

Svantaggi

small company, poor location of offie

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