Avoid the Public Sector Digital Services Team! - werkgeversreview Senior Associate bij Guidehouse

1,0
14 feb 2019
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Nothing... run far far away.

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A) HORRIFIC LEADERSHIP - The Directors of PS Digital Services have no clue what they're doing, are horrific leaders, and truly enjoy making our lives suck. They lead by fear and panic and literally blame everyone for their mistakes, resulting in crappy morale, 90% churn rate, and a broad sense of worthlessness and insecurity. They've blocked people from transferring, they throw associates under the bus, treat clients like garbage, and yell at us all the time! Absolutely crazy. B) BORING PROJECTS - Due to Guidehouse's insanely high rates, we never win any exciting or innovative projects. Instead, we win work based on who can pay our rates... literally, the most boring projects ever (e.g. tweeting for gov't agencies, basic photoshop work, etc). C) ZERO WORK-LIFE BALANCE - I missed a lot of family and social events... and I had to start asking for weekends off!! D) LOW BUDGET - Everything is low budget, so we have to scrap by using outdated tools, methods, and resources. There's very little DevOps infrastructure in place, so project work takes twice as long to implement. E) LACK OF ADVANCEMENT - There's absolutely no room to grow, my skill sets are underutilized, there's no money for learning new skills/tools or conferences, and the worst part is that all of this is used against me (as if it's my fault) during promotion time. F) WORTHLESS HR – These are truly awful people who suck up to leadership while ignoring serious leadership issues in the company. I tried telling them about the horrific leaders of the digital team and it was used against me.

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5,0
10 jun 2026
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fantastic company to work for

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3,0
28 jun 2026
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- Smart, capable coworkers who genuinely care about delivering quality work. - Interesting public sector projects with meaningful client impact. - Opportunities to take on significant responsibility early in your career.

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The Senior Consultant role feels significantly undercompensated for the level of responsibility expected. SCs are expected to own delivery, lead workstreams, write business development proposals, mentor junior staff, manage clients, and often keep engagements running - if not multiple if you are trying to promote which isn't guaranteed at all. However, the recognition and compensation don't reflect that level of ownership. Bonuses were eliminated, yet the workload remained the same (or increased). Leadership communicated that this would be offset by above industry standard raises and an additional salary increase, but the process lacked transparency. Even my people manager couldn't clearly explain what my raise would be or how it was determined. The utilization target of 91% for Senior Consultants is also extremely difficult to sustain while simultaneously contributing to internal initiatives, business development, and other non-billable expectations. Those competing priorities often result in long hours. With MC's, AD's, and D's asking saying this should only take you an hour or two - which isn't truthful at all. One of the most frustrating experiences was helping win contracts. While I'm proud of the team's accomplishments to get there, there was no financial recognition for the individuals who invested significant time into winning the work. It creates the feeling that Senior Consultants do much of the heavy lifting while higher levels receive most of the recognition and incentive compensation. They talk about a spot bonus of up to 10k, but no one believes it's real. Why would we trust at this point? The lack of transparency around compensation, career progression, and performance rewards is beginning to drive away talented people.

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