I discovered your channel a few days ago and I've been binge watching your videos! Kudos for doing consulting for 5 years and being a manager almost SM! I worked at the Big 4 in their government consulting practice for 4 years before leaving for a smaller government contracting business. I appreciate that now my job is a standard 9-5 and that I'm not responsible for sales. And it gives me more time for my personal passion project (developing a team building card game for consultants!)
Your honest and well thought out content is wonderful, so thanks for doing what you’re doing! Your 3 reasons for leaving make a ton of sense; best of luck!
Its interesting that your going back to a "Normal job". I'm doing the same thing for th e exact same reason. I actull y started down this path becuase of you and your videos and Journery. I'm also leaving ACN for the same reasons. Thanks!
Watched twice this clear and articulate story and left feeling good but then totally confused, did she take the new role before leaving or not, a true consultant 😂
I'm enjoying consulting because I have no responsibilities in life outside of work. I do feel though that it's much more difficult when you have a partner or a child. I know a senior MD that sees their kids two weeks a year cause of their insane workload. I don't know how they do it
Congratulations on your new role and change in circumstances. Your rationale does seem to lend credence to the view that consulting is a profitable business mainly because it can pay 1 FTE to get 1.5 FTE's worth of work, and this is not a sustainable approach; this means that bright young people are mashed through the machine, taken advantage of and the majority either leave or are let go - those who climb the ranks are those willing to sacrifice their health and personal life to work the longer hours required and onboard more bright young things to burn through. Any decent employer, with a view to the long term, would want to keep hold of as many experienced staff as possible and support them through life up and downs so that they get an 'average of 1 FTE's worth of work out of them across their employment. Taking the opposite approach means that consultancy will continue to be a superficial industry, dealing with the 'obvious' and charging to add quick resource to overstretched companies in times of strain. If the 1980s consulting mantra of cutting back to the bare bones the number of staff needed to perform a given task, there would be more staff to provide resilience and extra capacity in those times of strain.
100% agree that people end pushing out 1.5 FTE productivity, I also agree it's not a sustainable career in the long term for most people. I do see people who make it work but I think they're in a minority. However, I do think it can be a really great accelerator for people with the right circumstances at that particular time
I used to work in Big 4 consulting and I agree it was like doing 1.5 FTEs worth of work! It was hard to articulate back then but it felt like mentally it was just a lottt to think about
I discovered your channel a few days ago and I've been binge watching your videos! Kudos for doing consulting for 5 years and being a manager almost SM! I worked at the Big 4 in their government consulting practice for 4 years before leaving for a smaller government contracting business. I appreciate that now my job is a standard 9-5 and that I'm not responsible for sales. And it gives me more time for my personal passion project (developing a team building card game for consultants!)
Your honest and well thought out content is wonderful, so thanks for doing what you’re doing! Your 3 reasons for leaving make a ton of sense; best of luck!
Thank you so much, really appreciate your comment and thank you for supporting the channel
Its interesting that your going back to a "Normal job". I'm doing the same thing for th e exact same reason. I actull y started down this path becuase of you and your videos and Journery. I'm also leaving ACN for the same reasons. Thanks!
Congratulations! Very best of luck and thank you for supporting the channel
Watched twice this clear and articulate story and left feeling good but then totally confused, did she take the new role before leaving or not, a true consultant 😂
😂 haha love this! (Spoiler alert, yes I took the new role before leaving).
Thank you for watching!🙂
I'm enjoying consulting because I have no responsibilities in life outside of work. I do feel though that it's much more difficult when you have a partner or a child. I know a senior MD that sees their kids two weeks a year cause of their insane workload. I don't know how they do it
100% agree - some people do make it work but IMO they're in a minority (or magicians...)
Congratulations on your new role and change in circumstances. Your rationale does seem to lend credence to the view that consulting is a profitable business mainly because it can pay 1 FTE to get 1.5 FTE's worth of work, and this is not a sustainable approach; this means that bright young people are mashed through the machine, taken advantage of and the majority either leave or are let go - those who climb the ranks are those willing to sacrifice their health and personal life to work the longer hours required and onboard more bright young things to burn through. Any decent employer, with a view to the long term, would want to keep hold of as many experienced staff as possible and support them through life up and downs so that they get an 'average of 1 FTE's worth of work out of them across their employment. Taking the opposite approach means that consultancy will continue to be a superficial industry, dealing with the 'obvious' and charging to add quick resource to overstretched companies in times of strain. If the 1980s consulting mantra of cutting back to the bare bones the number of staff needed to perform a given task, there would be more staff to provide resilience and extra capacity in those times of strain.
100% agree that people end pushing out 1.5 FTE productivity, I also agree it's not a sustainable career in the long term for most people. I do see people who make it work but I think they're in a minority. However, I do think it can be a really great accelerator for people with the right circumstances at that particular time
I used to work in Big 4 consulting and I agree it was like doing 1.5 FTEs worth of work! It was hard to articulate back then but it felt like mentally it was just a lottt to think about