PLEASE CONSIDER: strategy consulting @diconium
Gut am Arbeitgeber finde ich
Absolutely nothing. In my opinion.
Schlecht am Arbeitgeber finde ich
Absolutely everything. In my opinion.
Arbeitsatmosphäre
Once at an afterwork get-together one of the top managers gossiped about a consultant who spoke up and had some complains - the consultant wasn't present that evening. The top manager talked in front of everybody about punishing the consultant with a staffing on a horror-project nobody wanted to be on. #mindfulness
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From my observation diconium has no real consulting reputation in the consulting industry, so please do not expect this to be an improvement to your CVs. #impact
Work-Life-Balance
There is no overtime compensation. Client touchpoint's within the automotive industry are often at 8 am - so better be prepared at 7 am. But don't you think that your partner on the project also shows up at 8 am to the meeting - their private stuff is important, yours is irrelevant. #mindfulness
Karriere/Weiterbildung
The feedback dialogue which serves as a consultants sole basis of evaluation was channeled through your manager. This meant that you collected feedback from colleagues but your manager then filtered the feedback in his or her own words. The manager was only obliged to share this rewrite once he or her already went to the feedback round table. This meant that positive feedback was able to be turned into bad feedback based on the feedback summary written and not shared by your manager. I gather that this type of feedback dialogue might still be in place. #impact
Kollegenzusammenhalt
I observed the consultants being pitted against each other, fighting over the few somewhat interesting projects and a chance of being promoted. In my opinion they are the only thing that keeps the core consulting business running BUT there are not enough and many have left the company in 2025 alone! There are some really great people on the Associate level but they are trained and encouraged to be single fighters and not supporters to each other, in my opinion. #collaboration
Vorgesetztenverhalten
This is one of the biggest no-no's: There is a crazy overhead in senior managers and above, with no true leadership and people management qualities. I experienced a very arrogant behavior of a senior manager who talked to me oftentimes in a demeaning and keep-you-low attitude but who didn't land one single client or project in an entire year! The partners are so apparently undiverse that this is overcompensated with the opposite diversity scheme on senior managers level where I observed them talking badly about each other. #collaboration
Kommunikation
During the 2025 merger of the companies entities into a single one, I heard about diconium re-registering ex-employees at the Finanzamt as their No.1 employer. Attention called to this mistake on diconiums part happened only when they saw a deduction of a 4-digit number on their paycheck of their current employer. Apart from the financial damage caused by this mistake, diconium did not think it was necessary to reach out proactively to their former employees. #courage
Gehalt/Benefits
The base salary is ok to be fair. Though, this does not compensate any other non-existing valuable benefits for consulting. Basic nitty-gritty standard benefits do exist. Please keep in mind that as soon as you'll hand in your letter of resignation I observed diconium treating you horribly. This leads to my personal observation of a strong correlation between exiting employees and issues/ disputes with the outstanding bonus payments. #mindfulness
Gleichberechtigung
I haven't seen any real support in impactful diversity. Look up who the partners are and what they look like. I also couldn't find the community networks praised externally within the company. #collaboration
Interessante Aufgaben
Diconium is a VW-owned company. They will show you a slide of colourful logos of many companies in various sectors. From my experience, almost the entire business is based in the automotive industry - they all think they are able to save the already dead german automotive industry. With this in mind, please consider that projects are likely to be with highly stressed, under pressure clients that oftentimes have no alternative and already have that vibe of an industry in serious decline. #impact