Okay here goes...1. With eight years consulting exerience and depending on the specifics ofyour experience, I'd say you either come in as a C3 (SC) or a C4 (MC). Salary bands are quite far reaching, even within each of these two bands. I'd say anything in £70k-£80K is probably not to far off the mark. This includes benefits. With regards to bonus, this depends on grade. 5% bonus for C3 and 10% bonus for C4.2. Work-life balance is fairly good. Lot better than other comparative firms. Definently not a MBBB or even an Accenture.3. There is a flex uplift which you can either take as cash or take some as usual perks (e.g. healthcare, buy-back holidays, dental care, pension etc.)4. Yes, depending on your level. Only for C3 and above. But it's not going to set the world on fire. This is essentially an IT services company that has a MC arm (or Consulting Services as they call it)5. As with all firms, they are no different. It depends what you bring to the table. Only if you have a niche skill or likely to bring in lots of business, then don't expect to get any favours. I know a lot of people who were brought in and were promised things which didn't materialise. This is a shame, since they do bring in a lot of good people, especially in CS. I know a really good person who came in below what he should have come in at and despite opening a lot of doors in areas that Cap were traditional weak, he was not rewarded. He recently left to join a Bank in a very senior position. People tend to leave Cap and move onto a lot of bigger and better things, whether it be other MC's including strat houses and blue chip industries like Oils and Banks.6. Pay-reviews are every year and get decided in Oct and kick in at the start of each year. The exception is a mid year promotion. Although this very rarely happens. 7. Promotions are not gauranteed and there is a lot of politics surrounding this, which is one of the biggest turn offs at Cap. Probably more than any other place. Even for promotion within the junior ranks it can sometimes be a bit of a lottery. It's not like other places, where if you're good enough, you go up as long as you've not offended anyone (at least below Partner level). The so called collegiate environment that is promoted at Capgemini contributes to the politics issue. I've heard many a story of people upping and leaving because they have been passed over and felt aggrieved because of this process.8. People are nice. Good work-life balance. If you like Public Sector work then you'll fit in nicely. Don't expect to be doing much work in any other sectors. Overall, they do good quality work, although i wouldn't call them a Tier 1 MC firm (exc MBBB). I would class Tier 1 being the Accentures, PwC and EY Cap are probably just below this and are comparable with Atos, IBM, and PA. Most good people who want to progress quickly, do tend to move on soon after joining once they understand how things work. But if you want to bide your time and do reasonabaly interesting work in a nice working environment, then this is the place.
