[lostcolony]

'a mostly-positive general-public reputation'

Citation needed. Ideally pointing out -informed- general public reputation; after all, we had a person elected president due in large part to perceptions from the every man of his business acumen despite running -casinos- into the ground.

[ff43f]

If you step out of the tech bubble, you will see that these mega consulting firms are considered prestigious places to work especially in India and other developing world.

[lostcolony]

Prestigious to work for != company does good work.

[majormajor]

I don't think informed reputation is relevant when we're talking about procurement from enterprises or government outside of more "technology native" companies.

If you're hiring a company to do something you don't know how to do, you might not even know where to find informed opinions.

If I was going to hire a plumber I'm sure there are some places that all the good plumbers know are scam artists, but I have no idea who the good plumbers are.

[awildshitposter]

AAA is an example company like that.