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Career Change from another firm |
| Message Name: |
Jumping from the frying pan into hell... |
| Date Posted: |
02/09/2006 |
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I have been working as a Consultant at BearingPoint for more than the past 2 years and am looking to move. Reason: No pay raises at all plus they are paying really low. Add the almost 100% travel factor into it too. Overall, I am making too many sacrifices and not getting nearly enough in return.
And so now I am looking into Sogeti USA for an opportunity to bring over my skills sets as a Quality Assurance professional with a solid testing background.
I am here to basically seek the advice or insight of everyone on this board. I must say that while scanning through some of these posts, I am a bit apprehensive of proceeding beyond the steps that I have already taken (i.e., Interviewed with a Recruiter, with an Account Executive and a Technical interview as well with a Manager in the practice area that I will most likely report to if and when I'm offered the job in the end.) I have heard everything from Sogeti being a Hourly body shop and so once the project is over, they will turn around and lay you off (this was on this board somewhere) to the spiel given to me from the A/C Executive in that Sogeti will have me do Sales and Marketing work while on the bench. This leads me to wonder what the reality is and whether or not I should take an offer from this company when given or should I move on to look elsewhere?
FYI, I have my resumes out to DT and ACN as well so it's not like this is the only option left for me. Overall, I am just hunting for a better opportunity where the appreciation factor is there. It's almost non-existent at BE and that is certainly reflected in the attrition rate which currently stands above 25% and is closing in on 30%> |
| Message: |
Sogeti is, in fact, a body shop. Always was. Always will be. You can expect no better career opportunities or compensation growth at Sogeti that you are experiencing at BE. Regarding doing Sales and Marketing work when your on the bench, think about it. You a QA professional, what do are you going to do in marketing and sales...get coffee for the staff?
Assuming the wolf is not at the door, I'd wait to see if you can secure offers from Deloitte and/or ACN where you might actually realize improved career potential.
Sogeti is a step down from BE not a step up. If anything, you'll be diminishing your resume not building it.
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