I LEFT CONSULTING. MY REASONS & HOW TO DO IT RIGHT
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ส.ค. 2024
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I worked in environmental consulting for 8 years between 2014 and 2022. I’ve been through what felt like “it all” and I know how tough it can be. I still look back at my experience fondly, but almost in the say way that veterans talk about war stories, it is definitely “Type B” fun.
I still talk to a lot of my friends from consulting and a lot of our conversations feel trauma bonded and I generally wonder if that has to do with my ability and impulse to reframe everything into a positive experience, because honestly, it was really really a difficult experience and I am happy to have made it into a different industry.
From early mornings (4am) on a barge in the middle of the coldest Feburary in DC, sticking my hands into ice cold water all day for water samples, to brutal summer days carrying heavy equipment around an active landfill, I really do think I experience all there was to experience physically and mentally at my previous job.
Depending on the project it could be incredibly boring and mentally un-stimulating (if you were stuck on an excavation), and at other times, it was extremely challenging and felt like the changes I was facing belonged to someone with much more experience and training than me.
I ultimately left the industry due to health challenges I was facing, which I also want to make a video about, but in retrospect there were a number of aspects of the job that left me unsatisfied and I think would have ultimately lead me to leave the industry eventually.
So how did I end up leaving consulting?
- I had the right motivation
- From working at previous consulting firms, I knew that many of the issues I was facing at my current company were industry wide and not specific to my company or position.
- I looked at where my higher ups and mid-level managers were and asked myself if they were living a life that I wanted
- I was very disillusioned by the industry
- It was affecting my health
- I was open to new experiences
- I was willing to work part-time or freelance
- I was willing to take a pay cut and be a beginner again
- I reached out to people within my network.
OPPORTUNITIES OPEN UP WHEN YOU OPEN UP
Look on LinkedIn for someone with the job title or position you’d like
- Ask them for a conversation about their job and how they got to where they were
- Don’t feel shy or like you are burdening these people.
- Most people LOVE talking about themselves and you will make them feel special
- Most people will tell you it was a crapshoot but it may give you some sort of a direction, path, or a list of contacts/companies to reach out to
KNOW YOUR WORTH
-Whether you think so or not, you do have marketable skills that can find you a job not in your industry
- You can apply the knowledge you’ve gotten from consulting to a number of different jobs if you think creatively
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♡ TIMESTAMPS ♡
00:00 Intro
00:36 Why I Left
04:19 Timesheets
06:49 Mid-Level Positions
10:18 How I Left
10:21 Right Motivation
11:31 Being Open
11:56 Sunk-Cost Fallacy
13:21 Reached Out
15:37 Interviewed People
17:46 Know Your Worth
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Are you thinking of leaving your current position? What industry are you working in?
I'm an ESG analyst for an environmental consultancy, and hating it. Would you recommend going into advertising as a key account manager
This was sooo helpful. Thank you!!
Your points are spot on, consulting is a revolving door! I actually have health problems that are forcing me to quit ! But consulting is sooo poorly designed, I also don’t give a shit about my job anymore lol.
It’s always the principals bidding the lowest they can to keep the lights on, it’s actually hilarious how poorly setup these consultants race to do cheap work. Im moving into data science / tech.
I definitely got to that point too, not caring at all, and then my performance got worse and my managers got upset 😭
@@alekw7611 data science was something i was thinking of moving into too!!
@@hachimama Any solid leads or direction for where to go from here?
It can be really hard to switch to a new job, let alone a new industry! But if you start looking and putting yourself out there, opportunities really do come out of nowhere!
Thank you hopiscool!!!!
Also in the process of leaving consulting! Shits stupid lol
You can do it!!! It was totally worth it. I wish you the best
I am an environmental consultant. I would also like to leave! What are other great career choices?
Wow. I really needed this. I am tired of environmental consulting as a Geochemist and want to explore new career path/different industry.
It may also be my health pushing me to want to change this career but
I don't know how to leave/what work I will do if I leave😢. Any advise?
Thanks!
I'm so glad it helped you!! My advice is to not be afraid of being a beginner and having to reset your career. Many of us get the "sunk cost fallacy" and think about how much time we invested into a career and let that keep us from starting over in a new one. Its not worth being miserable forever!
I am pavement engineer with a degree in civil and environment in Australia.
I am thinking of changing to the environmental or project engineering line. But they are both similar in terms of some of the negatives you mentioned.
I am not sure what to do? 😮
I am looking to apply a role in Jacobs here, but not sure between the two.
Its a hard choice! Never forget that you can and should change if you find one way isnt working for you!
Did you experience that level of time micro tracking in one organization? Or multiple? That is insane. I work as a consultant and I've hired consultants and I never would I ask someone for that level of detail, and I've successfully told my clients I'm not giving them that level of detail.
Is environmental consulting that bad ? I’m scared Bc I might be one
It totally depends on your firm, but it can be.
All 5 firms Ive been with were asshole penny pinchers