Hi,I needed info on Efficio. How would you compare them to AT Kearney? How is the culture, life-work balance, career progression/development at Efficio? Also, is procurement consultancy a growth area?Any info will be appreciated!Thanks,Kim

They were founded by ex ATK guys but i expect you know that. Good culture, good career progression, make an effort with W/L balance BUT are quite international so be prepared for travel. no views re procurement consultancy: quite buoyant i think but also quite niche

Project pipeline has mostly closed, so we will see people bleeding out over the next 6 months, and frankly they would make a great and obvious target for PwC acquisition.A great firm, but procurement/sourcing is a very niche market, so Efficio struggle to hire and alumni struggle to cash their chips afterwards. Keep you eyes open.

Thanks! Mars A Day then why are still hiring when their project pipeline is closen?

Thanks all! Mars A Day then why are they still hiring when their project pipeline is closed? (typos:P)

They are still a strong firm with a good name in the market, but my feeling is that the two camps in the firm - ex Kearney and ex PwC - have never really sat comfortably together. Hiring is focused around the very junior end of the market I think, as I cannot see where experienced hires could be staffed at the moment.I'm speculating (partly, although as always well informed speculation).. that they have moved too close to PwC, who they have been partnering with as procurement experts, almost becoming a bolt on to PwC itself. The thing is a niche firm like this can only have 1 end game, and if they are hitting saturation point in what business they can build (and when you have 2 - 3 major projects you'll hit this quickly) -it's sell yourself to a bigger player (hello ATK you know how to do that don;t you?).

Thought I saw 7 posts on this thread now there is 6 - was one removed?

Yes there was a duplicate post that was deleted