Alvarez & Marsal
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A&M provides global leadership, problem-solving, and value creation for companies across industries and around the world. The firm’s consultants work as advisers, interim leaders, and partners who tell clients what they need to know, not always what they want to hear.
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Vault Verdict
Although it’s famous for helping beleaguered clients reverse their fortunes, A&M’s efforts to diversify its practices have led to several years of strong growth. This keeps its consultants busy, and it leads to lots of opportunity. With merit-based promotions and a bonus-heavy compensation structure driven by an entrepreneurial culture, those who are willing to put in the time can nearly always reach their professional goals.
Despite the competitive environment and challenging projects inherent to a firm like A&M, its consultants say it does an excellent job facilitating work-life balance. Although hours can vary from client to client, the firm strives to provide flexible schedules and hybrid work environments for employees who want them, and empl...
About the Company
Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a privately held leading global professional services firm that delivers business performance improvement, turnaround management, and advisory services to organizations seeking to transform operations, catapult growth and accelerate results through decisive action. Companies, investors, and government entities around the world turn to A&M when conventional approaches are not enough to activate change and achieve results.
The firm's senior professionals are experienced operators, world-class consultants, and industry veterans who leverage the firm's restructuring heritage to help leaders turn change into a strategic business asset, manage risk, and unlock value at every stage.
Co-CEOs Bryan Marsal and Tony Alvarez II founded A&M in 1983. Today, the f...
Employee Reviews
- “A&M has a very transparent and open culture. If you have interest in promotion, relocation, working in a different industry or group, all you have to do is ask your peers and mentors and put in the effort to get there.”
- “Certain projects may be more difficult than others at A&M, as with all consulting firms. However, I’ve found that during my time here I’ve had a much better work-life balance than at previous firms.”
- “A&M is truly a meritocracy. It offers very high rewards for top-level players that no other firm I’ve worked for comes close to. There’s little downside, except like any competitive firm, you need to keep up.”
- “The firm generally supports a positive work-life balance, with project teams actively advocating for staff not to work too late. The culture of respect for personal time, along with the flexibility to take time off—as long as it’s communicated early—contributes to an overall supportive environment.”
Why Work Here
The A&M Way combines fact-based gravitas with a “get-it-done” mindset. A&M’s leadership is about a bias towards action and the willingness to tell clients what we think is needed. Our restructuring heritage sharpens our ability to act decisively. Clients select us for our deep expertise and ability to create and deliver practical, rather than theoretical, solutions to their unique problems in addition to our independence and objectivity. Because of our rapidly expanding footprint, we have the ability to offer you an upward journey in your career. The sky is truly the limit at A&M.
Getting Hired Here
- “Many of the phone and screening rounds focus on behavioral components, culminating with a multi-round day inclusive of managing director interviews and a challenging case study. We ask detailed questions to test people’s experience and knowledge, leadership, and ability to perform under pressure.”
- “The interview process was efficient with quick turnaround on feedback after each interview. The only slow part was receiving the final offer due to the lag time of some internal processes.”
- “The firm has a growing emphasis on internship programs and is working toward a model to standardize its candidate experience.”
- “Interviewing with about 10 different people and getting to know the entire team before joining was a fantastic way to ensure that I meshed well with the company culture and my future colleagues.”
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