Consulting

Military seems to be the biggest scam in this country. Every other person I know in my area worked in the military for a couple of years and then either retired and collect pension or get a disability...

$7500 mortgage on 12k take home, am I crazy?

How are we dealing with workplace crushes nowadays?

🤔 Is loyalty to your employer ever actually worth it?

I moved to chicago for a job in 2022. The cook county minimum wage has increased from $13.35 to $15.40 from 2022 to 2026. I started at $140k as a senior associate consultant. Just to cover the rate of...

My manager (a man) gave me (a woman) feedback today that I need to smile more in front of the stakeholders! New low - soaking it in!! 🥲

Morale at McKinsey feels like it’s at an all-time low. Ongoing layoffs have gutted internal teams, leaving those who remain fully checked out. Senior leadership seems totally disconnected, asking for ...

McKinsey’s latest people initiative is warning consultants they’ll be dismissed for incorrectly charging time to the beach unless they confess immediately. An email has gone out to all consultants wit...

Fellow consultants — I have a shot at management but suspect a likeability gap is holding me back. I'm great one-on-one but struggle in group culture: I prefer owning projects solo, skip the lengthy "...

How much lifetime income would you be giving up by moving to Europe and working at a multinational company there, instead of a corporate career here in the US? I know salaries are lower in Europe. I l...

Need someone to talk me out of rage quitting tomorrow with nothing lined up

What do you do about an associate who does great work but has large chunks of unavailability because they have a long commute (2+ hours)?

👀 How far is too far when embellishing your resume?

Anyone else applying everywhere and hearing nothing?

How do you compartmentalize work away from personal life and reduce stress? Starting to impact my personal life but need the work money to pay for the mortgage. And does work ever get easier? Like in ...

Just want to vent here: openAI is hiring chumps who have not even graduated from college. So hiring is not competence based or even school or degree based. Just frustrated with how they are conducting...

What is the average GPA of the Associates hired by KPMG? Do they get only 2.0 pointers to work for them?

🤔 Do you actually enjoy your job, or is it just something that pays the bills?

Am I the only one who hate people who type “thank you” after a Teams meeting? So annoying

Folks who are still in consulting - with AI taking away a lot of the notetaking/synthesis writing/first pass deck building work, are you still grinding long hours? If yes, what has been driving those ...