Originally posted by BananaFob
I won't name the firm that I used to be at, but I also tried my hand at management consulting early on in my career right after university. It sucked. Bad. Most people (or at least I didn't) do not realize that management consultants are basically used as political pawns by executives to blame for unpopular decisions. Mind you, I was hired at the peak of the recession and mainly we were used to "set the bar" for performance so that people could get axed. I was pretty disillusioned with it fairly quickly. If you have a strong stomach for unpopular work and long hours, go for it.
Working evenings and weekends for free is expected, you get paid WAY less than o&g equivalents (but more than the big 4 pay those poor saps in audit), and even if you wow the clients it might not be "good enough" for the firm. If you do it, it looks good on your resume, but I wouldn't recommend it for the long term personally.
LOLzilla basically hits the nail on the head in this thread.
http://forums.beyond.ca/st2/deloitte...=&pagenumber=2
Feel free to pm me if you want, I wasn't at Accenture but they are all quite similar.
Last edited by finboy; 03-04-2014 at 11:09 PM.
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