West Monroe reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(799 total reviews)
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Gil Mermelstein

77% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

West Monroe has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 799 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The West Monroe employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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799 reviews
1.0
Mar 17, 2019

Consultant

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This firm is the epitome of a bigoted culture. As a gay employee, I felt discriminated against every day I worked at this firm. They do not support employees but pour alcohol on wounds to mask the poor situations that below market rates create. Many of the leaders at the firm prefer to employ misogynistic practices to get the team drunk to mask the underlying currents of a hateful white homophobic drunk culture of white straight males.. If you deviate, they will alienate you and ruin your career.

Cons

Support is a joke. This place is a joke

1.0
Aug 17, 2016

Not a real consulting firm

Anonymous employee
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Pros

If you like beer, they have a lot of that. They organize a lot of social events to offset the awful client work.

Cons

Client work is mostly staff augmentation, not consulting. Directors and Senior Managers do not follow the company value of "Our People First" and "Quality Over Growth." Company motto is "client first" but they try to sell you the "Our People First." Career Advisors and Directors don't care if you're unhappy at client site, they want you to do the work without complaint. HR and teams do not do anything to try to retain good employees. If you're not happy, just leave. They think it's better to replace you than to try to keep you happy. The benefits are not great. Don't be fooled about the ESOP. Ask for an example payout. Pay is low too. Don't worry, I'm leaving as soon as I find another job.

2.0
Feb 18, 2017

Bad Career Move

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Pros

Great Benefits, Perceived Reputation, Networking

Cons

This company tries too hard to be something they are not. Middle management and HR try to project the image of a great company that is "Employees First" when in reality it is Profits First. Employees in this company are wowed by the benefits and they are enchanted somehow to believe they work for a great company. This of course depends on the line of business you are in. Some departments are better than others. If you are technical, avoid this place because you will forget everything you know. Most of the technical project bids get turned down due to inflated rates based on a fake reputation as "deep technologists". People seem nice (and very few really are) but it is mostly superficial. It was just a very bad experience and I am glad I am out!

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