Pros
Because it’s a growing company, employees are present for the evolution and maturity regarding AIM’s client work. It’s a great learning experience for more junior talent.
Cons
AIM is historically a staffing company. They’ve attempted to focus in recent years on strategic consulting instead, but they’re truly still staffing at their core. Even projects that are sold as highly strategic aren’t approached as they should be - contract consultants are chosen blindly and quickly, clear expectations are never set for teams, and every engagement is managed arbitrarily based on the direction of one person on each team (instead of following unified company strategies). AIM recreates the wheel on every engagement and their clients see it. More so, because the staffing mindset it still extremely prevalent, even the most strategic, brightest consultants are treated as commodities who are only measured by their chargeability metrics. While the guise of “being able to help shape a growing company” is used when recruiting talent, the expectations AIM has for consultants is very clear once you’re in the door: stay billable, keep your head down, and don’t ruffle feathers. At the end of the day, this is a sales organization, not a consultancy, and it’s felt throughout the entire company.