I was just wondering if anyone could give me any details about Diamond and how they are doing in the current climate?Also what is peoples perception of them as a consulting business? Where do they sit next to other consulting brands?

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Very insightful I will admit, but any informed opinions about 'Diamond Management & Technology Consultants'? Preferably from people who aren't spending so much time watching adverts on day time TV! Where do they sit in terms of prestige? Current pipeline? etc...

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What's the average mental age of readers on here? I'm not sure such a completely anonymous forum works....I've worked alongside Diamond consultants and was impressed with the guys involved - however I've read elsewhere (maybe on here) that they are retrenching in the UK so worth doing your homework.

I've taken a few calls from agents quite recently about them but have heard the same thing i.e. downsizing in UK to focus on the States so gave it a miss. This might be groundless - a few people start talking and before you know you're discounting a perfectly decent opportunity.

The Diamond consulting business and culture is comparable to IBM and ACN - a lot of staff move between Diamond and those two, services are similarly IT/technology-driven, and all three are publicly traded.One difference from IBM et al. is that Diamond is more US-centric. The number of non-US staff peaked at about 50 and is now down to around 30 globally, mostly acting as service centers for a few long-running contracts.Another obvious difference from IBM/ACN is that, given the difference in size, Diamond tends to compete only for the smaller contracts with single country (US) or single-state scope. For larger contracts, IBM, Deloitte, etc. tend to act as prime contractor/PMO but may sub-contract to Diamond for staff and skills augmentation.Diamond has good relationships with the big firms, based on the staff interchange. This is also proving to be a risk because the company's fortunes are to some extent tied up with how successful those larger companies are at winning and passing on business. In the recession, IBM and ACN have started retrenching sub-contracted work back in-house since they have more spare capacity. So far, Diamond has been insulated because the long-term service contracts were mostly signed a few years ago. However, there may be a lagging impact.

I appreciate the serious responses of the last few contributors - I was starting to give up hope given the days of worthless and not particularly funny responses.I will do a bit more digging and see if I can get some confirmation of their plans with regards to the UK.Thanks again.