Hi guys, I'm relatively new to management consulting, and sometimes feel quite overwhelmed thinking about the future particularly with the current economy / uncertainty. Any advice/guidance on what's helped you during your career in times of uncertainty and stress would be appreciated, as it amazes me to see how people have been able to spend 20+ in this field. submitted by /u/ValueAddingAnon3492 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Worked 7 years at McKinsey and left (non-US office). I see a lot of fantasies in this sub which is normal given the secrecy the Firm likes to entertain. Happy to do a quick AMA to the best of my ability. submitted by /u/Marwin_Bover [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I’m a foreigner working at MBB US for two years after getting a top 10 US MBA. However, I was recently transitioned out due to low utilization. I got offers at TikTok US and some leading tech companies in my home country, all in strategy. TikTok pays ok and can help apply for a day 1 green card (not sure if it’s going be processed well), but is risky because of the ban; I don’t want to return to my home country yet as I still want to accumulate international experience; and I’m on an H1B so I need to be employed soon. What option should I choose? Goal is to facilitate future career progressio ..read more

I am a senior architect (20 yrs) with tons of experience in cloud data and ai/ml. The consulting company that I currently work for is a bit of a mess. I float between the delivery and technical solutions sales support side of our company in the data and ai space. From the sales side, everyone wants to talk about AI but no one seems to be writing big checks for large projects for it yet . On a side note, I’ve also been looking to switch jobs for a couple of months now and not had any luck for the first time in my career. I was wondering if others are seeing the same trends? submitted by /u/Ra ..read more

3 years ago I arrived at B4, after a month being on the bench I was staffed as a lead developer to a new initiative. 3 years go by and we have a mature platform and a growing list of high paying clients. The experience has been solid but really ready to move on. I'm fully remote which became very dull awhile ago. Their used to be an edge of excitement, the new project, the new team. I used to do more technical work which I enjoyed but now there's less of that to go around and they want me doing sales stuff as I'm more senior. All the people I work with are just grumpy now. Everyone's over it ..read more

Hi all, I’ve been independent for around 4 years now. Prior to that an employed consultant and prior to that in industry. Plenty of business travel usually in line with corporate policies and not typically any of my concern. I have recently secured a contract with an overseas client that requires me to travel there for a week to deliver our services. Considering the 6.5hr flight time during working hours, to remain productive (not necessarily for this client) I am planning to fly business class. My view if they object to the cost of business class flights then I would expect to bill them for ..read more

Recently heard the firm I’m working at (Big4) are testing Microsoft Copilot in PowerPoint. From materials I’ve seen it looks pretty shitty, despite being able to capture content from other files.. Anyway I’m interested to know if anyone has experience working with it and made it work fairly ok in ppt and if so, you have any recommendations? E.g can it be adapted to different slidemasters? can we train it to produce a somewhat ok draft to start working on? For what have you mostly been using it for? Thanks submitted by /u/ESGimplementer [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Are PIPs typically only given in alignment with year end performance evaluations or do they come at anytime? submitted by /u/SouthernBreakfast261 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Wanted to thank everybody who commented on my last post on this page. As a little refresher, i’ve spent years working in coffee manufacturing and was recently offered a job setting up a coffee roasting operation for an existing company. I’ve never done anything of the sort and was overwhelmed with the idea of planning out a whole business for these people without having an official hire offer yet. I didn’t want to get ripped off building a budget and plan for these people just to not get hired and I wanted assurance i’d be paid for this endeavor. I took these concerns to this page and got a l ..read more

Friends, I used to work in the Minority/Women Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE) certification world and since leaving I am missing it SO MUCH. I recently started helping assist my father in law with navigating the federal MBE certification process and getting him linked to the different resources he has to become successful in his business. Especially when it comes to navigating federal acquisitions. As of late, it seems like I’m helping a lot of my friends with this as well. I was very excellent at my previous job in this industry and I recently considered maybe starting a consulting business on ..read more