Are You the Right Fit?
What is an M-Shaped Advisor?
At FarWell, we seek M-shaped advisors—professionals who bring deep expertise in multiple areas along with the ability to connect and collaborate across disciplines.
The vertical bars of the "M" represent key technical competencies—skills and expertise that allow advisors to excel in disciplines such as Change Management, Project Management, Process Optimization, or Agile.
The horizontal connections illustrate the ability to leverage this expertise holistically across disciplines, collaborate across teams, and adapt to complex client needs. This marks a shift from the traditional T-shaped model, where individuals focused on depth in one area and breadth across others.
Why M-Shape is the Perfect Fit
This change reflects the growing need for advisors who are not only specialists but also versatile, able to solve complex challenges and add value across various contexts.
By cultivating M-shaped skills, our team remains competitive, adaptable, and prepared to thrive in an ever-evolving business environment. If you’re driven by curiosity, collaboration, and a passion for making an impact, a career at FarWell may be the perfect fit.
FarWell is proud to offer employees wide ranging perks, benefits and support structures to help our team members flourish personally and professionally. A few of our benefits include, but are not limited to:
Medical, Dental and Vision Plan(s)
FarWell pays 80% of medical premiums and 90% of dental premiums for individuals.
401(k) Retirement Plan
All employees are automatically enrolled and invited to contribute to a retirement account through Ascensus, managed by FarWell. Employees receive a 3% Safe Harbor distribution into their 401(k) accounts each payroll cycle.
Financial Wellness
As part of FarWell's Financial Wellness program, all employees receive complimentary access to Advizr, a financial wellness platform designed to help employees take charge of their money matters and achieve short and long-term goals. Additionally, FarWell provides employees access to a Financial Coach, Ed Jaeger of Canary Wealth Strategies. As FarWell’s Financial Coach, Ed will have access to all information noted within the financial wellness platform in order to provide employees with recommendations on topics of interest.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Life is full of challenges, and sometimes balancing those challenges can be very difficult. We are proud to provide a confidential program dedicated to supporting the emotional health and well-being of our employees and families. The employee assistance program (EAP) is offered at no cost to our employees through ERC Counselors & Consultants.
Matched Donations / Paid Volunteer Time Off (PVTO)
FarWell proudly supports a "'Do Well' in the Community" program in which employees are provided paid time off for volunteering in the community and for donations made to charitable organizations. The program is self-directed, allowing team members the freedom to choose causes and organizations that are important to them.
Additional Perks and Benefits:
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• FIGO Pet Insurance
• Metlaw Legal Protection
We believe in continuous learning and encourage our team members to take charge of their professional growth. We follow the 70:20:10 model, which emphasizes learning through experience, collaboration, and structured education. While we can provide guidance, resources, and opportunities for development, employees generally direct their own growth and identify the best paths for their careers. We call this our ‘Go Far’ Approach.
Our advisors are W2 employees.
We don't hire with a transactional mindset; which is to say, we don't hire someone for a "one-off" project. Rather, we hire individuals that are aligned with our Values, Core Competencies, and are a long-term fit for our team.
In situations where our clients ask for our help in areas that are outside of our delivery capabilities, we look to our Partner Network - a vetted group of other local, regional and national professional service providers that offer complimentary services to FarWell. When we engage with our Partner Network, it is through a B2B sub-contractor partnership. We share the details of our partnerships openly with our clients.
Our philosophy is that our employees should be compensated based on the overall skills and abilities that they bring to our organization and not tied solely to the projects they're assigned to. As our team members continue to develop new skills, competencies and experiences, their value to our organization will increase. That continued growth is what drives compensation.
In consulting, time between client engagements—often called “bench time”—is a normal part of the experience. At FarWell, we prioritize keeping advisors working at their desired utilization and proactively seek new opportunities when an engagement ends. Our team regularly reviews advisor utilization to identify upcoming needs and match advisors with the right opportunities.
As candidates move through our recruiting process, we provide more details on how FarWell manages bench time and supports our employees through it.
Many of our clients do support remote work. However, we are seeing a growing preference for hybrid schedules, with some clients requesting occasional on-site collaboration. Flexibility varies by engagement, and we work closely with our advisors and clients to find arrangements that meet everyone’s needs.
Typically, no. To quickly embed ourselves within our clients' operating environment, we often utilize the various tools, templates and/or work methodologies that our clients have available. That said, for certain engagements, it is not uncommon for our clients to ask for FarWell's help to identify and adopt various work methodologies (i.e. "Scrum"), tools, and/or templates.
FarWell's institutional knowledge has allowed us to build a library of tools, templates and methodologies that is continuously updated and is available for our advisors to use. To learn more about FarWell's perspective on current methodologies, frameworks, and tools, please review our 'News & Knowledge Center.'
Our client engagements vary in effort depending on the size and scope of the project. In general, a common project duration for FarWell is between 4-8 months.
Depending on years of experience and quantifiable knowledge, our advisors may play various roles on client projects including: Agile Architect, Agile Coach, Change Manager, Change Portfolio Manager, Change Program Manager, Communications Specialist, Portfolio Manager, Process Architect, Process Designer, Process Specialist, Product Owner, Program Manager, Project Manager, and Scrum Master.