Exciting Times - werkgeversreview User Experience Architect bij 7Summits

There are few companies that have reached the pinnacle of 7Summits. This company was built to be amazing right from the start. From culture to employee derived core values. From amazing leaders to the smartest people that I have ever worked with. From processes, to client and employee focus, to the most amazing in-person and online esprit-de-corps anywhere…ever. So pleased to be a part of it all.

Some say “all good things must come to an end” and I’ve read a few reviews anticipating the demise of 7Summits having been acquired by IBM. I don’t believe this is true. Paul and our leadership team infused incredible staying power into our go-to-market, offering set, lightning product suite, project methodology, and our incredible talent. The only “con” would be if IBM doesn’t fully take advantage of it all. IBMs current methods, IP assets, and selling approach are fraught with challenges and lack a certain cohesiveness that we’ve all enjoyed at 7Summits. I suspect that is why they needed us so much.

Core delivery team members, cool solutions to work on, client industries

-influx of consultants from larger companies; seems like we are losing some of "us" - but maybe that's the way things go as a company grows -continued lack of attention and detail to what we sell and what we deliver. The unfortunate part about it is employee burnout, yes - but client satisfaction also. Delivery teams lately seem to have to give an arm and a leg each time we need to deliver a project - expectation management, both internally and with clients, is horrible. -some strange decisions on how we sell, how we staff, etc. Time will tell. -losing some exceptionally great long-term talent; it hurts, a lot. Some for better opportunities, maybe others for better work life balance, and some for better company culture -only two metrics seem to matter: revenue and utilization target. I suppose at the end of the day, that's what things come down to. But I would go out on a limb to say client satisfaction and employee happiness are the two pieces that actually contribute to revenue and utilization - but there seems to be limited focus on those.