Vault’s Verdict

Implement Consulting Group is renowned for its strong emphasis on culture, autonomy, and a people-centric approach, which is consistently reflected in the positive experiences shared by its employees. The has fostered an environment where insiders have the freedom to shape their own development paths, underscored by a deep commitment to creating impactful work for clients.

However, this autonomy comes with challenges related to less structured processes and managing high workloads—meaning that adaptability is a key skill for being able to successfully navigate a career with Implement. Despite these hurdles, the overarching opinion from insiders is that the firm’s unique blend of flexibility, culture, and the opportunity to work on meaningful projects outweigh any downsides, making it an attractive workplace for those who thrive in dynamic and entrepreneurial settings.

Employee Reviews

Firm Culture

• “A different way of working and value proposition than other more ‘traditional’ consultancies.”
• “Come to Implement if you want to make management consulting your career for more than 2 years. We continuously train and educate and make sure your life is balanced in the process.”
• “Embrace the chaos and be ready to be your own driving force. Nobody will take your hand unless you ask for it but the road to success is short and everybody that contributes is valued.”
• “Non-hierarchical philosophy with a ‘no rules’/common sense mindset, which both means possibility for high responsibility early on as well as employee ownership in the firm early on.”
• “The ability to both be on the front foot and challenge clients as well as ourselves, but not get too full of ourselves and remain humble and curious in our approach to new business problems and what fuels the people involved.”

Quality of Life

• “Amazing and truly unique culture.”
• “Flexibility, actual leadership that develops people, focus on continuous learning and passion.”
• “Implement takes extremely good care of their people in many ways.”
• “The flexibility and options to determine my own work-life balance is extensive.”
• “Work-life balance is the best I have seen in any consultancy.”

Career Development

• “Clear and diverse career paths and extensive opportunities for ownership.”
• “Development is really in one’s hands, if you want to develop and progress there’s no limitations to it.”
• “Promotion is extremely transparent, which makes internal competition for a promotion with colleagues virtually nonexistent.”
• “Meritocratic principle ensuring promotions when skills and goals are achieved, no politics, no artificial bottlenecks, full performance transparency to everyone in the company.”
• “Very transparent performance overview and clear link between performance and promotions.”

Compensation

• “As partner you have a significant part of your monetary compensation package through dividend from your shares.”
• “Employee shares from an early stage (after 1 year of employment) is a big plus compared to other firms. Massage is also a big plus, and occasional meals in connection to internal activities. Salary progression slightly lower compared to highest paying firms, but in my opinion the good work-life-balance and culture weighs up for that.”
• “Great that everyone can purchase shares and that profit is shared back in a good way.”
• We are good at providing promotions when they’re deserved, along with commensurate salary and bonus progression. Additionally, we have a large number of Partners and make the path to Partner fairly accessible for those that genuinely wish to pursue it.”
• “Very good pay per hours worked. No sign-on bonus.”

Community Engagement

• “A lot of initiatives going on but still a lot more to be done.”
• “High on the agenda, integrated part of most discussions—truly diverse profiles in the company—true respect for each individual regardless.”
• “Implement is making an effort. They could start by financing the work of the people in DE&I communities.”
• “We have a female partner program, an initiative for parents and a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion circle with various initiatives”.”
• “We have always had a very inclusive culture and we are now also focusing on closing any gaps. Everyone has equal access. We know that we will have some work to do to re-engineer some initiatives when we get anyone with a physical disability but there is full commitment to do so when that is needed.”

Business Outlook

• “Best: We’re almost sold out all the time, keep hiring a lot, good feedback from customers. Worst: Very steep growth curve the last couple of years. I see a risk of our renowned culture to fade out, resulting in us losing great colleagues and attracting new colleagues.”
• “Good outlook due to very strong outlook of key accounts.”
• “Strong growth over the past years, people are confident about our future performances.”
• “The market is difficult, so IM will struggle a bit as well, but the culture is so unique and innovative.”
• “We are growing 20%+ every year and we have a unique value proposition.”

Hiring Process

• “Depending on role, the ideal candidate has a strong analytical profile, and is able and willing to demonstrate energy in building a strong and caring culture.”
• “Fast, transparent and personal. The process is good.”
• “Got answers very quickly with feedback of my previous interview and an offer to continue the process.”
• “Interview process is divided into 3 different meetings to get to know the entire team.”
• “They invest a lot of effort finding the right candidate and don’t stress the process.”

Interview Questions

• “Case study based on a real-life example from a client.”
• “Every interview is tailored to the applicant.”
• “How many male hairdressers are in Copenhagen?”
• “If you were to write a book, what would it be about, and what would the title be?”
• “You are given 10 minutes to read and prepare a presentation of a client case.”