Body shop - Not much about consulting - Consultant Capco Employee Review

1.0
May 3, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Very stable work scope / hours - most candidates get seconded to the-one-client and take up the roles as project managers / business analysts for a fixed term (and if you don't mess up, usually you get extended). Working hours are tied to the team you're in, most of the time quite stable with minimum OT. In-house experience - You get to be a part of a bank and gain in-house experience (probably something for those who have been consultants since the start of their careers).

Cons

Body shop / not much about consulting - most of their work / or "projects" for consultants are secondment arrangements that are not really consulting work. Most of these arrangements just want a person to sit in certain roles without really requiring any technical skills. So if you are looking to specialize yourself / get the consulting experience then this is not the shop to head to. Poor resource management - in very rare cases that you would be seconded to roles according to your current skillset. E.g.: it makes no sense to second someone with compliance background and nil IT skills / knowledge to an IT business analyst role. Most of the time they just send whoever is available on the bench. Unfair performance management process - these issues are repeatedly mentioned in many other reviews. You nail appraisals / promotion opportunities / remuneration increment mostly by your amount of "internal contribution". One might say that this is very common across industries / firms, but the extent noted in here is just too much. Limited client base - to be fair, they are trying hard to deal with this by diversifying the client-base. However, most employees only work for the-one-client. Thus, likely you would just be able to work and learn from one client. There are many other issues (eg: issues at the top / politics) but I'd say the above are the most important ones to consider before you really want to join.

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Capco Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. Regarding the points you raise around resourcing and performance management, we would encourage any employee with questions, suggestions or concerns in these areas to reach out to our Regional HR Lead, Mar Alvarez or Global HR Lead, David Heffernan to discuss. As a firm, we are always open to feedback and looking for ways to continually enhance the employee experience, and you will find that the team is happy to listen. In addition, we have recently appointed a new operational business lead in Hong Kong, Ian Brown, who will work alongside our regional lead to focus on both operations and business growth.

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