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I worked in the operations side of the business in the Chicago HQ. Spencer Stuart paid well, had good benefits, and my coworkers were friendly. Unfortunately management was terrible. Many team leads aren't up to speed on modern practices or skilled enough for their jobs. There is also an outdated mad men work culture where they do not respect work life balance and family commitments. My former boss in the real estate group was a terror and routinely kept employees in the office until 8pm with non essential busy work. Due to lack of leadership most projects came in over budget and past deadline, this of course was blamed on subordinates. I would love to see more trained leaders and forward thinkers at Spencer Stuart HQ. They have lots of potential to be a good employer if they can shake off some of the dust and dead weight in upper management.

The only reason for leaving my position at Spencer Stuart was due to my mother's health.  I retired "early" to move closer to her, but lost her last Christmas.  If not for the needed care of my mother, I would still be in my position.  Spencer Stuart is extremely fast-paced and provides a challenge to those people who need to be challenged and appreciate variety.  We worked hard, but played hard, too.  Spencer Stuart's compensation/benefits is above average, and bonuses at year end have been awarded the past few years.  If there was an opening, I'd go back in a heartbeat.  The consultants in our office are top-notch and include you as an important part of the team.

The typical day at Spencer Stuart is fast-paced, but with many employees having families of their own, it's very flexible and the compensation is well above average with excellent benefits - a good amount of PTO, exceptional healthcare benefits and profit sharing. Some of the roles are demanding and require exceptional professionalism, excellent communication skills, and insight, but the company rewards excellence at every turn. They don't tolerate bad behavior, so people who don't perform don't stay. Overall, Spencer Stuart is an excellent place to work.

I do the accounting for Spencer Stuart along with a team of 12 other accountants. The environment is very laid back and self motivated. The company as a consulting firm is great and the people are very friendly, yet to get more out of the position takes a lot of push. To move up takes a very long time and accounting seems to be very repetitive at this company. The firm is a great place to be but once you hit a wall it becomes difficult to do anything else with it.

The business environment here is fun and highly competitive with intellectual peers who offer food for thought and lead by examples and use the power of examples to convey, achieve and innovate.  If you are going to work here, please ensure your thinking hat is on and willingness to learn from ground up so you can be effectively creative. 

I learned to work well with other departments, local and overseas. I felt like I was an important contributor to management. Hard work was rewarded.  The culture was casual but professional. Collaboration was encouraged. The hardest part was the overtime at month and year-end. My co-workers were wonderful and I enjoyed being with them every day.

People are generally nice and competent and their jobs, and up until recently many or most of the people employed at the CFO office had been there for 10+ years. 

However now there is some major restructuring going on within the company, so the atmosphere and morale has changed a bit.

Like most consulting firms your level of job satisfaction is tied to the person or persons you support.  The person I worked for was a major producer who gave me tremendous latitude to do my job.  However, because I was joined at the hip with him when he left the firm my job went with him.

Spencer Stuart is a successful and prestigious executive capture firm that provides great benefits and wages to its employees. The work is often fast paced because of the client centric nature of the business and varies from day to day which makes working there interesting and challenging.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Great atmosphere, benefits, pay.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Heavy workload.  Very high standards. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Culture is inclusive but hierarchical.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
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