Customer Experience Strategist at Slalom
Recruiter from Slalom reached out to me regarding a customer experience strategist role. Any insight on working for Slalom in this type of role? Comp, benefits, culture, etc. Thanks!
It completely depends on what market you are in and your project role. Generally speaking, the compensation sucks. You will only need to work 40 hours per week as the firm normally does a good job of keeping work/life balance in mind when projects are scoped. People are generally nice and most people are quite smart. There is no career development - a lot of our turnover is driven by folks feeling like they have no room to grow.
^ have to disagree with compensation and career development. We pay market value based on your experience in your field and with consulting. There is plenty of career development, consulting firms in nature are very entrepreneural so it's up to you to ask and drive to your career goals while you align with management for your career path. As someone who came from industry I had to prove myself as a consultant, I did just that and was promoted in title and compensation rather quickly and there are lots more room for growth. Perhaps it's your division and market but for a 7K person company I'm actually blown away at the opportunity here.
Base compensation maybe, but benefits are lacking and there is no "stock" unless you're invited to buy-in. In terms of total compensation I'm about 50k lower than my peers in industry even though my base is somewhat comparable. Where you see entrepreneurial I see political. Perhaps it is a difference between our markets and service lines.
Any company built on billable hours is a sweat shop. What’s the job after slalom?