Working at Citizant — Reviews by Employees

Citizant, a small (120 or so) consulting company focused on clients in the Federal government, is a great place to work. Even though it's a small company they pay very competitive salaries because they want to attract 'A' players. Unlike many small companies that wing it, they have their act together in terms of administrative and career support for their employee.

As is the case working for any outfit in this market, you're going to run into those periods when you have to burn some midnight oil, usually when there's a slew of proposals that have to be written. But that goes with the territory, and Citizant's process maturity extends to business development,I ow and even when you're on proposal duty you feel like there's a system in place to get it done (because there is), and that you're working with competent, experienced colleagues.

I worked at Citizant for 15 months and the level of mutual respect among employees tied for first place with one other firm at which I worked for over five years.

As a small company focused on the Federal market, or perhaps simply as a small company, they get buffeted more harshly by the winds of economic misfortune, and while one pocket of the company might be hiring, another might be letting people go. Again, this comes with the territory.

In fact, I would like to think that this positive review carries a little extra weight because Citizant just had to lay me off, as I got caught in the cash-flow undertow of a contract that we won fair and square, but has been stuck in protest limbo. I was more impressed with how long Citizant held onto me under those circumstances rather than the fact that they finally let me go. However, I still don't consider Citizant anything less than a growing, well-managed company.

Citizant provides lots of public recognition for performance, professional certifications, and other career milestones. In terms of constructive criticism that recognition appears to be focused on those working in headquarters, given their greater visibility, but it's more up to individual managers in the field to get their people recognized, as corporate policy empowers the line managers to do so.

Bottom line: a highly recommended place to work.