Any Coli Consultants?

[I AM WARHOL]

I' thinking about accepting an offer from a big 4 consultant firm. Trying to hear some some peoplle living that business consultant life. How do you guys like consulting?

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

by making this thread and ending it with a ? you answered yr own question

 

[Nemesis]

that was my younger brothers field, he was a top consultant with one of the top four,

If you want to get ahead be prepared to sleep in your bed less than 50 times a year

 

[The Fire]

Yeah hmu
are you in school, recently graduated, few years out or?

 

[GrindMode]

consult yourself in the mirror

 

[I AM WARHOL]

Yeah hmu
are you in school, recently graduated, few years out or?

About to graduate. Bout to be my first real job

 

[I AM WARHOL]

that was my younger brothers field, he was a top consultant with one of the top four,

If you want to get ahead be prepared to sleep in your bed less than 50 times a year

That' what I hear. I like that tbh. Trying to see a bunch of different places

 

[Nemesis]

That' what I hear. I like that tbh. Trying to see a bunch of different places

every consultant at my brothers level was divorced , one of his colleagues sold his house because he spent his life in hotels....

my brother left because he was fed up of not seeing his kids .....

 

[The Fire]

About to graduate. Bout to be my first real job

I was in your situation like last year

Bottom line: lots of work, lots of hours. but you meet really cool people, cool clients. depending on your approach, and if you're working with public/private firms, there's many opportunities to travel
it's really.. superficial though. at least I don't get satisfaction from my work.

 

[I AM WARHOL]

every consultant at my brothers level was divorced , one of his colleagues sold his house because he spent his life in hotels....

my brother left because he was fed up of not seeing his kids .....

Thanks for responding fam. I'm young. No kids. Will probably stop consulting once that happens cause it seems like it would be a tough balance.

I was in your situation like last year

Bottom line: lots of work, lots of hours. but you meet really cool people, cool clients. depending on your approach, and if you're working with public/private firms, there's many opportunities to travel
it's really.. superficial though. at least I don't get satisfaction from my work.

Thanks for the insight breh. Can you elaborate on the bolded tho. I' interested

 

[Nemesis]

one thing my brother always told me was 9 times out of 10 you were telling the client something that they already knew but for various reasons they wanted an outside opinion ....

 

[feelosofer]

Take the job you're gonna make huge money but kiss your life goodbye.

 

[Jparker]

Just be sure you can do it long term. I have a cousin that works for novo nordisk that sends him to Denmark randomly for unknown amounts of time.

 

[The Fire]

Thanks for responding fam. I'm young. No kids. Will probably stop consulting once that happens cause it seems like it would be a tough balance.

Thanks for the insight breh. Can you elaborate on the bolded tho. I' interested

All the companies will market these positions as if they're really great and important. I work at a big 4 firm, they opened a new google-styled office with the hipster workspaces and treadmill desks. Work you like a dog but hey at least you have bean bags and treadmill desks
I do think consulting is more *exciting* than the other business fields, but at the end of the day you're still counting other people money. I wanna do something more creative at some point

also you can definitely have a social life. I go out almost every weekend.

 

[badtguy]

while im not a consultant at a big firm

i know a few nikkas at deloitte, PWC, booz allen accenture too. living in the DMV

accept the offer