AlixPartners reviews

Work-life balance can be tough to manage at the firm. People are often working longer hours due to staffing issues, amount of work, high priority projects, etc. For some reason, we've centralized support functions despite being a global firm. This often leads to support staff receiving questions in the middle of the night from overseas colleagues. This often leads to burnout/turnover of staff. The hiring and recruiting process is often too long and the assessment process can be a barrier that causes positions to be open longer than necessary. The firm struggles with defining a career plan for newer staff members. It often preaches your career should be viewed as entrepreneurship but fails to provide solid direction on how to build a career path for individuals.

A vicious office culture that valued nothing except consultant revenue. Because support services are viewed as third-class citizens on a good day, leaders of those units were constantly paranoid about justifying their own existence to top management and took it out on their teams. A cruel and joyless office culture.