If this is the 27th best company to work for in the country there must be some dire employers out there..
Pros
People are very approachable and there is a strong desire to encourage a sense of community. They have a large number of clients and ongoing projects so bench time is limited. Pooling of knowledge internally is encouraged.
Cons
I joined Capco with previous industry experience both as a perm and contractor as i thought there would be a good opportunity for training and devlopment as well as getting to work on some interesting large scale projects. I could not have been more wrong. The approach of the company sadly just seems to be one of getting bums on seats, no mandatory training of any kind given before being put on your first assignment. You will most likely get put in amongst a team of contractors at a large institution and told to get on with it. Any training you will get the opportunity to take is internal and of mediocre quality. The company will not fund any external training or qualifications. The calibre of individual at the various grades within the company is so inconsistent it is laughable. You have employees who would be little more than grads anywhere else - 4/5 years experience out of uni - who are at Principal Consultant grade simply due to being with the company 2-3 years, yet there are people with 10-15 years industry experience getting bought it at lower grades. All very bizaare. particularly given the absence of any internal training programs to develop employees. This seems to be due to the management taking a very short termist approach but must surely make the company look ridiculous to outsiders. The ex-Accenture dominance at the management level will no doubt prove an obstacle to anyone hoping to rise high within the firm.