Strategy& reviews

1) The decent partners from Booz & Co. are all basically gone. 2) You can get moved around from group to group without any transparency into the decision. 3) Different billing rates between Strategy& and PwC leads to intense competition and limited staffing for shared Strategy& resources (yes, you are just a resource). 4) Brand identity is constantly in question. 5) The phrase, "Yes, that is actually our name" will become second nature. 6) Billing actual hours worked gets you kicked off projects (not because strategy projects are billed hourly, but because it draws attention to managerial incompetence) 7) All knowledge is tribal and career development is based on mentorship model (which isn't all that bad, but see #1 above and this becomes a problem). 8) People "disappear" more frequently than in 1970's Chile. Seriously, with the current state of the business it seems these "counseled on" moments are happening more and more frequently as management tries to make its numbers. 9) Lots of managers, very few leaders.

• Non-existent onboarding process for new Strategy& employees. Totally on the mercy of PwC training staff, who are not even familiar with the Strategy& brand. • There are no strategy projects in the pipeline and the Strategy& partners are literally waiting for their wait time after the acquisition to expire so they can cash out their promised payout. • Legacy employees jumping ship the first opportunity they get due to absolutely no new strategy projects. • Project management work is sold by the PwC partners and the Strategy& partners and staff are on the mercy of PwC partners to get staffed who give them the lowest preference due to project margins. • Project situation and culture is so bad that most of the PwC management consulting staff that opted to join Strategy& are moving back to management consulting. • Booz & Co and PwC merger/acquisition is the text book example of a failed merger.