Don't get sold on the lies - Recensione dipendente - Associate presso Pariveda

Salaries are not competitive anymore, and in VHCOL areas it's not at all for the amount of time and effort you're expected to put in at this firm. The feedback culture is very one-sided and manipulative. What once seemed like thoughtful growth opportunities now seems like they just pick at your weaknesses until you become fully dependent on their validation for your self-confidence. It's expected of you to go above and beyond your 40 billable hours and work on things for the betterment of the firm. Which I don't mind as much when I get to work on initiatives I'm passionate about, however it can get annoying when a new initiative for the office is created and it becomes an expectation of everyone to fulfill the new requirements regardless of your client obligations and whatever else you were already committed to. During the pandemic, Pariveda's smoke and mirrors disappeared and everyone got to see the firm for what it really is. A top-heavy, small business that was struggling to sell work. The company was so ill-prepared for an economic downturn that they cut salaries as soon the the pandemic got real. While it sucked, we accepted the sacrifice if it meant none our colleagues, friends even, would lose their jobs. This was especially difficult on employees in VHCOL cities as the salaries there already aren't competitive with the local market, to take a 15%-20% pay cut on top of that and tell everyone to work even harder to sell more work is criminal. Oh, and then we get an email on a Monday saying that people have been let go... after all the sacrifices we made. Transparency went out the window. For a company that loves to talk about how they only hire top talent, way to through them to the wolves as soon as times get rough. Many teams were forced to scramble to take over their ex-colleagues roles and also figure out how to explain to the client why someone they had a trusted relationship with just disappeared. Fast-forward to now, I wince every time I see an update showing the company is in the green and that they are hiring at every level because we have so much work now (to the point we are over-booked) proving that no one needed to be let go in the first place. I joined Pariveda because I was looking for a company that valued it's employees and would allow me to work on project that were meaningful to my growth instead of being thrown on anything just to keep me billable. And for a while it felt like everything they promised was true. However, the way leadership handled the pandemic really broke a lot of employees trusts and faith in the company's leadership.