What is your perspective on Altman solon? Good? Elite? Not?
Wanted to get industry perspectives on Altman Solon. Have you heard of them before and if so, what is your impression?
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One of the best for tech and telecom.
They worked on the otherside of a large TelCo deal. They worked for the challenger though and not for the large incumbents, that was MBB. Cool work regardless but probably comes with lower fees as a result
never heard of them but prestigious sounding name
I used them on a telecom buyout. Not horrible, although I thought they could've gone into localized market dynamics a bit more. Overall better than other consultants I've seen in the space though, so maybe I was expecting too much.
Have heard great things about working there. very strong comp and know quite a few people who chose them over Oliver Wyman and LEK because of the TMT specialization and rapid growth of the company
They do not pay well at mid-level, but neither does OW.
Absolutely great shop to be at if you know you want to do TMT. They hire pretty much top Ivies and LACs kids with a few top state schools like Cal and Umich tossed in.
would you choose them over Kearney / LEK / Oliver Wyman really ?...
As other have mentioned, they're a reputable shop for TMT and significantly growing their reputation in that space. Would I take them over MBB for entry level roles? No. But if I had a genuine interest in TMT I might take them over T2s.
https://www.fishbowlapp.com/post/between-lek-or-altman-solon-which-woul…
Fishbowl seems less keen on the firm.
Fishbowl ensures that there are people in industry who answer so, on the surface, seems like a better source of information but i have also seen some shit on it that makes me question it. But it does seem like the lack of brand recognition hurts AS
As another data point the Vault consulting guides where they rank consulting firms by asking consultants their views on different firms, AS wasn't even in the top 20 I believe in TMT, or maybe they were at the very bottom. I don't remember which but do remember being shocked because of how much people on websites like this talk AS up as if they are some elite TMT boutique but apparently people in the industry think much differently.
fairly certain vault's rankings are purely a popularity contest
LEK isn't on the vault list either - I think you have to pay to be on it and I don't think either of those firms care
to be a little more straight forward I got recently offers at AS and Kearney
I did an extensive due diligence work and I did interview quite a number of people in my network (I am 10+ y experienced in corporate in TMT).
The end game is I’ m heading to Kearney.
in terms of brand recognition but not only that also diversity of the work (AS is 60% DD buy side ... and 90% telco needless to say but TMT got 3 letters not 1 and jobs in corporate strategy, operations, marketing,... will allow you to build a ‘complete’ profile), career progression, network, comp (slightly higher at K)...
PS : I’ m pretty confident this is applicable to OW/LEK too (and to state the obvious to MBB)
my two cents
Good shop, would take over T2 consulting firms if interested in TMT though is telecom heavy
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