Pros
The benefits provided are top tier. Hybrid work environment. PTO is extremely flexible and even though it’s unlimited, people do still take it. The salaries increase every year and are competitive with other job opportunities. Maternity leave is generous, applying to foster placements and adoptions as well, and alternative work arrangements to work less can be provided afterwards. If you want to move cities, it’s incredibly easy to do so while maintaining the same job. The people are friendly, professional, and down to earth while at the same time being high achievers. All of these benefits make it very hard to leave.
Cons
Rules, leadership, technology, etc change quite frequently. Advisory is kind of like the Wild West. Projects, teams, and clients vary quite a bit and you’re judged off of utilization but resource management does not offer any assistance in staffing, so you have to build a lot of internal relationships to get on projects. This can be anxiety inducing and very de-motivating when you’re not fully staffed and have no control over your performance in that way when there’s down periods in the market. Additionally, advisory is pretty disconnected when it comes to in office and social culture, so it can be very isolating in that way. It can be easy to “disappear” if you’re not proactive and consistent in work and relationships. The work is also highly transactional, so the feeling of having a lasting, real impact is not common.