As much as I tried, I found that the opportunities to develop myself were non-existent. A lot of the work is filling in on projects with Excel and PowerPoint material. This was a stark contrast to what they had portrayed to me during recruitment. I had read the Glassdoor reviews and dismissed them as being emotional or not a fair reflection of the firm, but they have proved to be accurate. The talent of the firm is fairly low to what I had experienced in both industry and rival firm, middle management are more like fast promoted graduates still leading a student lifestyle and putting the blame on to associates which I could not tolerate. There is a heavy drinking culture, which at first was fine but then I found it was the only way to get promoted because you are 'one of the lads'. It is encouraged to get into a 'relationship' (encounter more like) with co-workers as it would do your career wonders, the problem is that professionalism is an afterthought. Performance management is a joke as the management would ear mark the individuals in advance of the round table and having seen first hand the decision making process I felt no matter how much I defended my representatives it did not matter. They want to get into digital consulting but if you are not good at consulting in FS how can you break into a new sector?? Digital is not just websites!!! With no relationships with suppliers it is not going to bode well. The attrition is beginning to take a hit due to good people leaving for pastures new. Earlier in the year they had acknowledged it was a concern yet that did no stop someone from asking "Will I get a bigger bonus as a result" Seriously that is the type of people that Capco have bred.
