Pros
Great reputation to use while looking for other jobs
Cons
- The pay is bad. Designers in the industry/market are making 2x or more the avg designer salary at Deloitte to do LESS work with even better benefits. They’d rather give out retention bonuses tied to term-based contracts instead of raising your base salary. Base salary raises are also bad, usually 2-3% and well under the YoY inflation rate. - We were encouraged to work long hours (10+ hours per day) and over weekends not just on client work, but on useless internal projects and initiatives as volunteers with no additional payment. - There are very few senior designers and those who stick around are not talented or skilled as designers to call themselves senior, they are only good at regular consulting and research but have a fancy title. Deloitte prioritizes clout and titles over actual skill. You will have no one to learn from nor mentor you to become better at that skill. - Blatant disregard of personal growth over company desires. It’s always “what can you do for the company?” even if you are doing so much already, and never “what can the company do for you?”. - Everyone I spoke to in my last days there were completely burnt out and exhausted, people aren’t happy. Talent is leaving in droves for better opportunities.
