Pros
N/A - Something to put on your resume
Cons
When I first joined this company, I read Glassdoor reviews upon starting and had my own suspicions. Immediately upon joining the firm, I realized that my fears and suspicions were concerned. Capgemini is a consulting firm that only wins projects by undercutting its competitors in terms of price, and then does such a mess of a job that they need to stay longer to fix “the work” they’ve done. DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES Little to none. Any “resources” that are offered needed to be created on your own. It was told to us that money would be allocated to each of us for personal and professional development activities, and then only allocated to certain members of the organization. Then, it wasn’t offered anymore due to “budget cuts.” Trainings are not built out by the firm or by a training team, they are built out by consultants who are on the bench as an “internal initiative.” POLITICAL Staffing depends on who knows who, even if your performance is fine. Engagement managers have favorites and try to staff their favorites on cases, at the expense of others. Employees were on the bench for months, even when the market was doing fine. Employees are pulled off projects and more “favored” employees are put on to increase their statistics. Staffing and reviews depends on who likes who. Have heard coworkers brag that their reviews will be fine because they are “buddy buddy” with their managers. LACK OF TRANSPARENCY Firm leadership kept on saying everything was “fine” and that the practice was growing even, and then went through a mass layoff that wasn’t publicized. It was hearing through the grapevine that your coworker wouldn’t be coming back to work, rather than from leadership. There was absolutely no transparency and leadership didn’t even seem worried that the pipeline was suffering. Instead, they chose to focus on dog pictures from everyone’s time working from home. CLIENT WORK Is complete BS. Stuck on PMO projects repeatedly, lack of development opportunities, scared to get rolled off for fear that you will lose your job. Work life balance is nonexistent, even while learning nothing. Proposals are weak, so the company has a difficult time selling projects. As a result, they try to extend their current engagements (which are going poorly) in an effort to retain clientele. Consultants are then staffed on the same project for a year, and never get the diverse experience they were supposed to receive as consultants. Most projects are staff aug. Reputable companies are mentioned in the pipeline and no one is ever staffed on them because the company wasn’t able to successfully sell a proposal. FIRM REPUTATION The firm apparently has a strong reputation in Europe, but I’ve seen nothing like that in the US. The “growth” that Capgemini claims to have is based on inorganic growth, as seen by the string of acquisitions that they have poorly integrated over the past few years. Do not recommend. Gained very little from this experience. Waste of your time to join this organization.
