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Quality Assurance
Current Employee
Has worked at Deloitte for 4 years
October 11, 2013
Seattle, Washington
5.0
RecommendsPositive Outlook
Pros

The environment at DD is not for everyone.

To truly thrive, you need to be a go-getter, dedicated to your craft. You need to think, read, and learn about your craft, not just for the 8 hours you are at work.

If you are a designer, you need to see the world from that perspective all the time. If you are a tester, you need to have that curious mind all the time.

You need to do what you do because you love what you do, not simply for the paycheck every two weeks.

From a professional development standpoint, you can go anywhere you want at DD. While you are expected to excel at your current discipline, once you've shown that ability, you are free to soak up any knowledge you desire.

I have seen testers become Project Managers and Developers, Developers become Project Managers and Engagement Managers, and many other discipline changes.

Senior leadership's ability to empower their people and give them the tools to make great work can sometimes be seen as a lack of leadership; this is far from the truth.

In a non-micromanaged environment, it's the motivated and best of the best that are going to thrive. Why would you want to work next to anyone else?

Cons

Going from a 150-person company to ~200k comes with serious growing pains. Do more to make us feel like the 150 again. You've pretty much taken our Übermind away; the replacement needs to be as fun.

Advice to Management

A bit more information on the pipeline, please. In a consulting agency, project loads are going to ebb and flow. The people know that; they just want to know specifics. Also, resourcing – more information there would make us feel more supported as well.

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