
Behaviorals gave a strong representation of personality traits that are helpful in the day-to-day in consulting
Senior Manager incentives should de-emphasize sales at the expense of the team. Instead, Senior Manager incentives should spur true leadership instead of 'just' management
Demonstrates awareness of core challenges facing employees and the business, but because the business is so large, changes are very slow and similar to turning the Titanic around
Highly collaborative, strong EQ. In general, people are good and care about the wellbeing of their coworkers, although this is not sufficient to overcome work-life-balance demands with most clients
Incentives are mis-aligned, depending on the level of the practitioner. Senior Managers are incentivized to maintain client relationships, sell, and up-sell, and so they are too often willing to accept unreasonable last minute demands that generate terrible working conditions for junior resources
Deloitte accepts too many projects for the number of qualified employees it has. Worklife balance is a huge concern, compounded by the fact that Deloitte consultants make much less than all competitors, and are simultaneously overworked relative to competitors because of understaffing
Most practitioners are highly collaborative and are genuinely good people that care for the well-being of others. That being said, this is insufficient to counter the systemic working constraints imposed by leadership decisions to lay off a significant portion of the workforce during COVID