Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Lincolnshire, IL
Submitted on: 16-Apr-03
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Corporate Culture: In a word, it was much like a cult. The
organization tried to stress the importance of thier people, and tried
to communicate that they valued their employees. While this was the
message, it was rarely backed up with solid actions.
Hours: Hours would typically stretched, with a mean of approximately
50 hours a week. Rarely, if ever, did I work a 40 hour week.
Dress Code: The dress code was business casual, expect for Fridays
which was casual. In all sincerity, Friday was basically a free for
all where you could see anything from sweat pants to athletic jerseys.
Extremely unprofessional environment.
Opportunities for Advancement: The opportunites to advance were not
that good. Hewitt has predetermined timelines for advancement for
their associates. For instance, they feel that it takes approximately
4 or 5 years to become a full project manager. The problem with this
method is they fail to realize that not all employees learn skills and
advance at the same rate. As a result, those who are higher performing
typically leave after a few years (usually once their 401k match,
profit sharing, and shares vest) and then they leave for her job which
has better advancement potential. So what Hewitt then has two large
groups of employees; newer hires (those with 3 years or less) and
managers who have been at the firm for a while (8 plus years).
Further, the managers who are there are really not effective managers
or employees; rather it is typically people who stay there longer term
and who were advanced by default.
Quality of Employees: Poor. Hewitt (in Lincolnshire office) typically
hired most of their newer hires small state schools in Illinois. They
had few hires from top 20 undergraduate programs, largely due most
likely to the compensation package, location of the office, and the
type of work. They place absolutely no emphasis on acquiring people
which advanced degrees such as MBAs, and those that they do get rarely
come from top MBA programs.
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