Pros
SPMB was my first job out of college, and to be part of such a prestigious firm has its perks. If you're looking for a brand name company as a jumping off point for your career, the SPMB name definitely helps you in that path. Pros: - Clear path towards promotion, metric driven. I appreciated the clear promotion structure that was outlined by the amount of projects you closed and what you were working towards. - Brand name firm
Kontras
- Transferrable skills to other jobs: If you're looking to get out of executive search and recruiting, it seems very difficult to do so when the work that you do at SPMB is so specialized and niche. The onus is on you if you do want to make a career switch that isn't related to People Operations/HR/Administration. - Attrition: SPMB fails to retain a lot of their young talent. It's hard to imagine what future growth looks like for a company when they continually fail to retain their fresh new hires. - DEI: If you take a look at their leadership page now, a majority of the leadership and the firm are white and it look a DEI committee and the BLM protest to really urge the firm to take a hard look at themselves. If this is a value that matters a lot to you and the companies you want to work for, SPMB is very far behind most industry standards in regards to DEI. You will be frustrated. - Terrible work life balance: Fire drills are common and partners often message team members outside of work hours. There isn't a clear demarcation of work and life, and for a lot of the managing partners, these lines blur continuously. Especially if this is your first job out of college, it's incredibly difficult to vocalize your needs because you want to prove yourself, but this genuine sentiment is often put to the side to service a client or partner.