Pros
Exposure to vast information resources on technology, markets and companies that are making breakthroughs. The co-workers are friendly, but there seems to be a sense of desperation as many are local San Antonians that view Frost & Sullivan as the last hope for meaningful employment in the local market.
Cons
Dismal boiler-room atmosphere, and less than reliable research coming from India-based analysts. It is very difficult to get cooperation from your "global partners" within Frost & Sullivan to meet the needs of global clients. There are problems getting cooperation from locally-based employees that are selling varied services to the same clients and tend to view the situation as "first one to the client wins their budget", rather than seeing opportunities to synergize efforts to land larger, multi-year deals with corporations, and not just one-offs with a division. But it is a monthly and quarterly driven environment, so this is not likely to change and will keep Frost & Sullivan in a "pestering the client" to sell small services, rather than graduating to a respected consultative enterprise that they pretend to be. This is really telemarketing front-end, driving a mid-to-low quality consulting engine.
