Glamorous parts: 1:57 #1. Fancy Hotels 2:50 #2. Flying in Style 3:48 #3. Great Support Teams 5:19 #4. AD Hoc Perks Non-glamorous parts: 6:36 #1. Fancy Hotels 7:04 #2. Flying in Style 7:47 #3. Great Support Teams (No downside much) 8:02 #4. AD Hoc Perks What really matters: 9:56 #1. The Work Itself 10:43 #2. Great Teammates
Is it glamorous to fly business class and spend the entire flight in a PowerPoint? Really depends on how much you like the work. For a lot of people yes while others might prefer to sit in economy and relax.
I agree, definitely depends on your perspective. Life is all a series of trade-offs but if you don't like the work at at all then that's going to be tough.
Something that was not mentioned, that would be totally glamorous in my view: Access. Access to top executives and people of importance. And the opportunity to influence them.
Bang on !! After few years in Consulting, things become drag and people start feeling superficial. Finally your mind says doesn't matter !!! You look for job which is near your family, less and less travel, and need to leave early at least some time during the week. Its hyper comparative and you are never enough .. You always need to be your top and decked up to talk consulting mumbo jumbo.
I have worked at several fortune 20 companies and my experience with nearly all consultants has been they aren’t actually very bright, have a poor understanding of business, but do a good job of selling you common sense practices rather than you learning via trial and error.
@@planic8128 not a boomer jabronie. Just a smart enough dude to tell whose bullshiting and trying to sell me crap. Again you’re a complete and total jabronie.
@@trollzone1 lol must have hit a spot. Man came at me with his bot accounts, all the last three accounts replied in the last 10 minutes (no coincidence right?). I was just trying to be funny and bring in a little bit of humor. You may have had some bad experience in consulting, but I wouldn’t say all consultants are like this (my experience). There must be a reason why the MBB companies are still profitable and the big corporations hire them every once in a while, wouldn’t you say so? What’s your opinion on this? Would love to know!
Thank you for this insight! I'm currently considering a future in consulting and this was a great look at the reality of these careers. I'll be looking out for more content; thanks Kenton!
Hey Kenton. I am doing my Masters in Hamburg University of Technology, Germany and the hype for McKinsey in the university is way more than real. I on the other hand find it fine and instead of pushing for the grades (like everyone else is in my course), I want to diversify my portfolio and that's why I started my own UA-cam channel last year and started a business too a few months afterwards. Soon I will also be going to South Korea for an exchange semester and gain some experience there. My knowledge of the marketplace always tells me that the companies will prefer diversified experience over theoretical grades but that doesn't seem to be true in Germany. I would love to hear your opinions on that. :) Thanks a lot for this video! I had been looking for somebody like this and I have already subscribed. Keep it up!
Really interesting extracurriculars where you have a real impact can be super helpful - so your thought on diversifying is not wrong. That said, grades matter a lot. The reason for that is they are one of the few tools consulting firms have to assess your ability relative to a peer set. Obviously, it's not perfect because there is variance in classes taken, difficulty level, quality of school, etc. But if you think about how little information a firm has on you as a new grad you begin to understand why good grades are important. It's tough, but try to keep solid grades and do 1 or 2 extracurriculars you really care about. And make them count!
Germany is a quite conservative country. What you really achieved is much more valuable than a piece of paper, than how other people look at you. Things change fast, 10 years later, nobody would care what grades you had at school. 80% of us is just normal, no one is really superior than others in every way. It is easy to find someone have better grades than you, been better university than you, etc. It does not make their career more successful than you. I do believe the experience you have been to different countries is way better than someone has a better grades. You really see the world, but they see the world on paper.
You summed it up pretty well! It's a matter of priorities and it works well for people with no family life and no kids, but very appealing to new grads. I've seen it become very hard to manage health, life and the work all together. Also working on tough challenging project is definitely a good learning experience, but can negatively impact your yearly performance if anything goes wrong and you or your team are to blame.. hence you are down for the whole year, even though it is not your fault. I've seen senior executive get fired as well as people having nervous break downs in the office. Its not really talked or discussed to keep an overall +ve image and perception. Also while everybody is there to help, everybody still wants to help themselves before you hence its a cut throat environment. Also besides your client work/project and the extra hours you need to put in on top (i.e 16 hr days) , in some consulting firms, you will need to do more than this, i.e. run and contribute to Communities of Practice, Training and course material development, take on more work from other projects and departments just to show you are really contributing every last hour to the cause of the company. All this definitely wears one down and can lead to burnout. Its still a race at these place, and bad managers will burn you to the ground to keep up their KPIs. I speak of experience of having worked for a Tier 1 global technology consulting firm for 5+ years.
I think some people thrive in that kind of competitive environment. I'm not one of those people. I like challenging myself and doing meaningful work, but I'm working in my own business. I can't work for a company. We have to make choices based on our personalities. Each choice comes with its bad and good. :-)
I think some people are not happy with what they have & do, and want to go to fancy hotels, have business class flights, eat at posh restaurants. We all have different priorities of course but fancy hotels, business class flights are not glamorous to me at all. I have done it all while working for a global company and after a few years I got bored of travelling. Although I was single at another country I still preferred my home to a fancy hotel, to sleep in my bed instead of sleeping on a business class seat and to cook and eat at home rather than eating at a Michelin star restaurant. I don't need outside excitements, it is super excited to read a good book or watch the plants grow in my garden. I still work as a consultant but independently and get the benefits of learning new things, working with different people, helping clients etc. while I don't have to work too long hours and have more time to spend on other things I am interested in. I can also work from anywhere I like, at anytime I like. So the definition of glamorous varies from person to person.
The most unglamorous part is that we can't really enjoy those glamorous feature of the job, we just can't, not when we spend most of our days working. I can't even enjoy my own lunch and dinner dude. I'm not exaggerating.
You need to take charge of your day man. Get up a full ninety minutes early, exercise hard the first 30 then shower up, and imbibe low doses of sativa and psilocybin with a protein shake... two or three tokes, and a dry gram.
It varies per company (and sometimes level too), but I used my personal card which is my preference because 1) it helps build your own credit score up and 2) you get to keep all the credit card points (which add up if you're traveling every week).
Thank you very much for this video which give the reality of the job. I really enjoy it. Thank you also for not talking to quickly so that french people like meeasely understand you.
I don't think the downsides were listed as strongly, clearly because there aren't many, except the fact as you get older you want to be around your kids and family. The nomadic life of a consultant eventually starts to bug you. Other than that, anyone getting into consulting knows very well that it's long hours and plenty of travel they will have to deal with. I think the real downside of consulting (in addition to being alone all the time) is you are so spoiled with perks and fat paychecks that you just find it hard (even scary) of how you'll carry on without having the fancy life consulting offers. It can be unnerving if you've gotten used to it AND enjoy it. Most folks get tired of it in 2-3 years though. Normally after a few years of working at a consulting firm, if you've networked well, there are plenty of offers with nice pay and perks with a lot less or no travel to be had. Or you can always start your own practice 😎.
Kenton, this was a great video! Do you happen to have any insights for PhD students (specifically in Business Administration) who are considering Management Consulting? Thank you!
Hi Nick - I think a lot of the same first principles apply, regardless of background. That said, as a PhD one thing I would focus on is framing your deep experience in whatever your field is and how that could be applied at the firms you are interested.
When I first saw the video title I was really sceptical, as I've never seen any of your videos and I read the title with a prejudice that this was gonna be a negatively loaded video full of criticism. Gee, was I proven wrong! This video shares Your experiences in a balanced and reasoned way and really provides useful Insight to those of us who are considering a career in consulting. I will watch all of Your videos on the topic. Thanks!
Thanks for shedding some light on this! I had friends that worked at these firms and their lives did always seem glamourous bc sometimes they would be spending days/weeks at these amazing hotels.
I’m 16 and in Toronto and deciding what I want to do as a career. At what age could I be making 200K as a consultant, and what occupation would you recommend? Thanks, all the best.
Most of the time the dress code is business casual (e.g., slacks and a dress shirt). Some folks wear suits and depending on the particular client you might need to dress up in suits depending on how formal (or not) they are. Finally, the trend is definitely moving to less formal over time, especially as the dress code at client companies continues to trend that way too.
Hello, finally I found your video and a content I m extremely interested. Now, here is my question, those consultancies organisations, applying from a degree point of view, do they look at what university one comes from? 2. I m currently doing a master, I wish to apply at one of those 3, even if as an intern, which is the correct path? I wanted to ask for advice, but I don't know anyone in such field. Your video was the only one which has a lot of information. However when I applied for a general position (intern), they couldn't accept me even if I had the requirements they look for and I feel they look at university rather than the degree/experiences. Therefore my main question is: Which is the correct path for someone that doesn't have experience in the sector, has the education as requirement and other experiences? Therefore which is the intern position as they don't specify the word "internship". Thank you
I applied via on campus recruiting at my MBA program. I also considered joining out of undergrad (also applied via on campus recruiting). However, out of undergrad I decided to go to Google instead. It was a tough choice but was very happy at Google too. :)
All that matters is if you wake up in the morning and do what you want to do until you go back to bed. Nothing about this is glamorous except to someone that hasn't traveled, or doesn't have much money.
I disagree. I think that the excitement of working with and learning from top executives and all the stuff that comes with that, can be quite glamorous / exciting for many folks - even people who are well traveled. That said, it could wear off quickly, lose its shine, etc. and that's normal too. Also, some folks won't ever find it glamorous at all and that's fine too :)
@@rocketblocks fair point. Did not think of the exposure angle. I have several friends at these companies and you dont really work with top minds... they typically contract them to fix problems they have or fill in a gap within their business. So it's not like you're in a brain storm session with Bezos. But yes I agree you do get to work with a lot of very smart people.
I have recently become interested in becoming a consultant after I get my masters. I was wondering do many consulting firms have good annual vacation/holiday packages? With all the challenging work and hours consultants put into the company every year, I would assume a nice 2 to 4-week vacation per year is a given! lol
Yes, sometimes. Often you get access if you're traveling business class and then as points rack up, you typically get status on your preferred airline too.
BCG is great! The key reason I left is that I was interested in a more operational role. Having done both, I can certainly say that the operational side is less glamorous but there are positives to it as well.
Hey Kenton, Great insight here, really appreciate a look inside the life of a consultant. Over the past 7 years I've worked in Oil & Gas, Pharmaceuticals, and now in Tech as a marketing strategist. I'm studying for my MBA now, while at the same time define the next step in my career. I landed an interview with McKinsey on one of the support teams, but I'm really interested in the consultant side. In your experience, have you seen support team members work into a consultant role or would you recommend going straight for a consultant role right out of the gate? Thanks, Nate
It's not glamorous, it's an opportunity to work on the hardest problems; but I can't say it's possible to prep for cases - you either have what it takes, or don't.
Design is not a glamorous perk. Design is a strategic asset. If you still think design is an accessory, you are wrong by definition. Every company is designed and designers play a fundamental role in it. As for the rest, nice presentation.
Hi Simone - Thanks for the comment. To be clear, what we're arguing is that having incredible design teams help make incredible slides on your behalf, a luxury which most people in any company do not have, is awesome. In no way are we arguing that design isn't important. We're simply saying that having great design applied to your own slides by a 24hr available team is fantastic.
Put it on 1.25x
Thank me later!!!
Yup...you're not wrong.....10 months later, "Thankyou,"
thank you :)
thanks mate
1.5x better
1.75 💪🏽🤣😉
Glamorous parts:
1:57 #1. Fancy Hotels
2:50 #2. Flying in Style
3:48 #3. Great Support Teams
5:19 #4. AD Hoc Perks
Non-glamorous parts:
6:36 #1. Fancy Hotels
7:04 #2. Flying in Style
7:47 #3. Great Support Teams (No downside much)
8:02 #4. AD Hoc Perks
What really matters:
9:56 #1. The Work Itself
10:43 #2. Great Teammates
youre a hero
Thk U!!!
You're glamorous
LOL!
U just save a lot of time in my life
Is it glamorous to fly business class and spend the entire flight in a PowerPoint? Really depends on how much you like the work. For a lot of people yes while others might prefer to sit in economy and relax.
I agree, definitely depends on your perspective. Life is all a series of trade-offs but if you don't like the work at at all then that's going to be tough.
Say ''glamorous'' one more time...I dare you!
🤣🤣🤣
Please share your experiences about the company
Something that was not mentioned, that would be totally glamorous in my view: Access. Access to top executives and people of importance. And the opportunity to influence them.
M M that's definitely true... You get exposure to some incredible folks. Also, I think as mentioned at the end, the coworkers are great too
Become an Internal Auditor, we talk to executives all the time.
Bang on !! After few years in Consulting, things become drag and people start feeling superficial. Finally your mind says doesn't matter !!! You look for job which is near your family, less and less travel, and need to leave early at least some time during the week. Its hyper comparative and you are never enough .. You always need to be your top and decked up to talk consulting mumbo jumbo.
Where did you work?
I consulted for many years and every word of this video is accurate and honest.
What do you do now for a living?
Jeff Lazarus solving problem maker in Corporations
If I’m honest with myself, this is the life I want.
girl same, im in big 4 for now.
I have worked at several fortune 20 companies and my experience with nearly all consultants has been they aren’t actually very bright, have a poor understanding of business, but do a good job of selling you common sense practices rather than you learning via trial and error.
ok boomer
@@planic8128 not a boomer jabronie. Just a smart enough dude to tell whose bullshiting and trying to sell me crap. Again you’re a complete and total jabronie.
@@planic8128 lol he’s so right…haven’t heard jabronie in a long time but you definitely fit the bill. Stay or Reddit you dumb funk.
@@planic8128 lol you probably can’t hold a job or get a job at a Fortune 500 Company. Probably lost your table bussing job.
@@trollzone1 lol must have hit a spot. Man came at me with his bot accounts, all the last three accounts replied in the last 10 minutes (no coincidence right?).
I was just trying to be funny and bring in a little bit of humor. You may have had some bad experience in consulting, but I wouldn’t say all consultants are like this (my experience).
There must be a reason why the MBB companies are still profitable and the big corporations hire them every once in a while, wouldn’t you say so? What’s your opinion on this? Would love to know!
Thank you for this insight! I'm currently considering a future in consulting and this was a great look at the reality of these careers. I'll be looking out for more content; thanks Kenton!
Hey Kenton.
I am doing my Masters in Hamburg University of Technology, Germany and the hype for McKinsey in the university is way more than real. I on the other hand find it fine and instead of pushing for the grades (like everyone else is in my course), I want to diversify my portfolio and that's why I started my own UA-cam channel last year and started a business too a few months afterwards. Soon I will also be going to South Korea for an exchange semester and gain some experience there. My knowledge of the marketplace always tells me that the companies will prefer diversified experience over theoretical grades but that doesn't seem to be true in Germany. I would love to hear your opinions on that. :)
Thanks a lot for this video! I had been looking for somebody like this and I have already subscribed. Keep it up!
Really interesting extracurriculars where you have a real impact can be super helpful - so your thought on diversifying is not wrong. That said, grades matter a lot. The reason for that is they are one of the few tools consulting firms have to assess your ability relative to a peer set. Obviously, it's not perfect because there is variance in classes taken, difficulty level, quality of school, etc. But if you think about how little information a firm has on you as a new grad you begin to understand why good grades are important. It's tough, but try to keep solid grades and do 1 or 2 extracurriculars you really care about. And make them count!
Thanks a lot for your insightful comment Kenton! Have a great weekend! :)
Bharat in Germany! Looking for job advice here? :p
Germany is a quite conservative country. What you really achieved is much more valuable than a piece of paper, than how other people look at you. Things change fast, 10 years later, nobody would care what grades you had at school. 80% of us is just normal, no one is really superior than others in every way. It is easy to find someone have better grades than you, been better university than you, etc. It does not make their career more successful than you. I do believe the experience you have been to different countries is way better than someone has a better grades. You really see the world, but they see the world on paper.
@@chandravideo he better use that cash in a good way
Take a shot every time he says glamorous
I don't advise that... I went overboard with that word :/
Don't do that.. I tried n I puked half way through... May be have beer shots..
sings 'Glamorous' by Fergie. #flossy #flossy
I think 5*star hotels ,business class flight is more like luxury that company provides not glamourous.
skip to 1:46 ....you're welcome
Hi, thanks for the insight,
Could you please give us a little bit of information about your path from university to BCG?
www.linkedin.com/in/kivestu/ he did a summer internship at BCG
You summed it up pretty well! It's a matter of priorities and it works well for people with no family life and no kids, but very appealing to new grads. I've seen it become very hard to manage health, life and the work all together. Also working on tough challenging project is definitely a good learning experience, but can negatively impact your yearly performance if anything goes wrong and you or your team are to blame.. hence you are down for the whole year, even though it is not your fault. I've seen senior executive get fired as well as people having nervous break downs in the office. Its not really talked or discussed to keep an overall +ve image and perception. Also while everybody is there to help, everybody still wants to help themselves before you hence its a cut throat environment. Also besides your client work/project and the extra hours you need to put in on top (i.e 16 hr days) , in some consulting firms, you will need to do more than this, i.e. run and contribute to Communities of Practice, Training and course material development, take on more work from other projects and departments just to show you are really contributing every last hour to the cause of the company. All this definitely wears one down and can lead to burnout. Its still a race at these place, and bad managers will burn you to the ground to keep up their KPIs. I speak of experience of having worked for a Tier 1 global technology consulting firm for 5+ years.
Tech consulting, enough said
@@PrateekJain-pi9jc What do you mean by that? I want to do an internship at a consulting company. I found your answer intriguing.
I think some people thrive in that kind of competitive environment. I'm not one of those people. I like challenging myself and doing meaningful work, but I'm working in my own business. I can't work for a company.
We have to make choices based on our personalities. Each choice comes with its bad and good. :-)
I think some people are not happy with what they have & do, and want to go to fancy hotels, have business class flights, eat at posh restaurants. We all have different priorities of course but fancy hotels, business class flights are not glamorous to me at all. I have done it all while working for a global company and after a few years I got bored of travelling. Although I was single at another country I still preferred my home to a fancy hotel, to sleep in my bed instead of sleeping on a business class seat and to cook and eat at home rather than eating at a Michelin star restaurant. I don't need outside excitements, it is super excited to read a good book or watch the plants grow in my garden. I still work as a consultant but independently and get the benefits of learning new things, working with different people, helping clients etc. while I don't have to work too long hours and have more time to spend on other things I am interested in. I can also work from anywhere I like, at anytime I like. So the definition of glamorous varies from person to person.
Yes, definitely agree with you that definition of glamour varies for everyone! And that's a good thing :)
Do you have a video on your career path like what type of bachelors and masters you did and work experience
We've got a good post on what the career path of a consultant looks like here: www.rocketblocks.me/guide/career-path.php
Wow this is great information for all who are considering consulting as a career! I’ll definitely recommend your channel to people I know! Thanks!
Thanks! Glad to hear it's helpful
The most unglamorous part is that we can't really enjoy those glamorous feature of the job, we just can't, not when we spend most of our days working. I can't even enjoy my own lunch and dinner dude. I'm not exaggerating.
You need to take charge of your day man. Get up a full ninety minutes early, exercise hard the first 30 then shower up, and imbibe low doses of sativa and psilocybin with a protein shake... two or three tokes, and a dry gram.
Do you have a company credit card that you get to use when you are away from home/travelling?
It varies per company (and sometimes level too), but I used my personal card which is my preference because 1) it helps build your own credit score up and 2) you get to keep all the credit card points (which add up if you're traveling every week).
i really like your video.....plz make same kind of video for investment banking...or glamarous life of a investment banking.
Alternate universe where Shrek ended in his human form
So to what extent would you say that your life as a management consultant is similar to the lifestyle portrayed in the tv series "house of lies"?
It's not. That show is like i-bankers with a lot of time on their hands. Also, this dude was a BCG summer intern, not a full consultant.
@@thejuiceloosener150 I still find it amazing this guy did a whole bunch of videos on mgmt consulting when he was just a summer associate
..... but what is the actual work like???? Consulting seems so generic.
Thank you very much for this video which give the reality of the job. I really enjoy it. Thank you also for not talking to quickly so that french people like meeasely understand you.
Great video, good insight! I think sometimes we forget that consulting has its positives and challenges.
No fancy hotel can substitute quality time with your family
This inspires me to do the content im doing now!! Thankss
That's cool, what type of content is that?
I don't think the downsides were listed as strongly, clearly because there aren't many, except the fact as you get older you want to be around your kids and family. The nomadic life of a consultant eventually starts to bug you. Other than that, anyone getting into consulting knows very well that it's long hours and plenty of travel they will have to deal with.
I think the real downside of consulting (in addition to being alone all the time) is you are so spoiled with perks and fat paychecks that you just find it hard (even scary) of how you'll carry on without having the fancy life consulting offers. It can be unnerving if you've gotten used to it AND enjoy it. Most folks get tired of it in 2-3 years though.
Normally after a few years of working at a consulting firm, if you've networked well, there are plenty of offers with nice pay and perks with a lot less or no travel to be had. Or you can always start your own practice 😎.
The frequent travel and being away from friends and family is a major downside about that - no doubt about it.
@@rocketblocks I agree.
Kenton, this was a great video! Do you happen to have any insights for PhD students (specifically in Business Administration) who are considering Management Consulting? Thank you!
Hi Nick - I think a lot of the same first principles apply, regardless of background. That said, as a PhD one thing I would focus on is framing your deep experience in whatever your field is and how that could be applied at the firms you are interested.
Haha... young people don't realize staying in hotels every Monday - Thursday and flying twice a week are actually misery.
No. It's a great platform for CV hunters, but as a life it stinks. Depends whether you want a life or not.
Cool video, thanks for the information. Always had interest in Consulting, but also Market Research.
Yh quit rs and focus on consulting
When I first saw the video title I was really sceptical, as I've never seen any of your videos and I read the title with a prejudice that this was gonna be a negatively loaded video full of criticism. Gee, was I proven wrong! This video shares Your experiences in a balanced and reasoned way and really provides useful Insight to those of us who are considering a career in consulting. I will watch all of Your videos on the topic. Thanks!
Thanks for shedding some light on this! I had friends that worked at these firms and their lives did always seem glamourous bc sometimes they would be spending days/weeks at these amazing hotels.
I feel like these folks get paid just to talk stuff but but not actually do work
thanks glamorous
Not if you want to be home with family :) as a new mom - I don't think it's fancy anymore. I used to think so though.
Yep, I agree. The travel is really, really tough - especially when you want to focus on family & friends.
I ❤️ your name #beautifulAlliteration thanks for the outstanding content
I’m 16 and in Toronto and deciding what I want to do as a career. At what age could I be making 200K as a consultant, and what occupation would you recommend? Thanks, all the best.
We answer that here, would recommend checking it out: www.rocketblocks.me/guide/career-path.php
@@rocketblocks Cool thanks!
What is the dress code at a company like Bain or McKinsey? Are suits a must for consultants?
Most of the time the dress code is business casual (e.g., slacks and a dress shirt). Some folks wear suits and depending on the particular client you might need to dress up in suits depending on how formal (or not) they are. Finally, the trend is definitely moving to less formal over time, especially as the dress code at client companies continues to trend that way too.
Thank you so much! That was very helpful and the way you put it was very straight forward.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hello,
finally I found your video and a content I m extremely interested. Now, here is my question, those consultancies organisations, applying from a degree point of view, do they look at what university one comes from? 2. I m currently doing a master, I wish to apply at one of those 3, even if as an intern, which is the correct path? I wanted to ask for advice, but I don't know anyone in such field. Your video was the only one which has a lot of information. However when I applied for a general position (intern), they couldn't accept me even if I had the requirements they look for and I feel they look at university rather than the degree/experiences. Therefore my main question is: Which is the correct path for someone that doesn't have experience in the sector, has the education as requirement and other experiences? Therefore which is the intern position as they don't specify the word "internship".
Thank you
Pls use mic
How did you get into management consulting?
I applied via on campus recruiting at my MBA program. I also considered joining out of undergrad (also applied via on campus recruiting). However, out of undergrad I decided to go to Google instead. It was a tough choice but was very happy at Google too. :)
@@rocketblocks thanks for your reply
@rocketblocks which did you prefer? Google or consulting?
yes
All that matters is if you wake up in the morning and do what you want to do until you go back to bed. Nothing about this is glamorous except to someone that hasn't traveled, or doesn't have much money.
I disagree. I think that the excitement of working with and learning from top executives and all the stuff that comes with that, can be quite glamorous / exciting for many folks - even people who are well traveled. That said, it could wear off quickly, lose its shine, etc. and that's normal too. Also, some folks won't ever find it glamorous at all and that's fine too :)
@@rocketblocks fair point. Did not think of the exposure angle. I have several friends at these companies and you dont really work with top minds... they typically contract them to fix problems they have or fill in a gap within their business. So it's not like you're in a brain storm session with Bezos. But yes I agree you do get to work with a lot of very smart people.
You look like Sergio Perez (Mexican f1 driver)
ha, never heard of him. will look him up!
I work in sales and have the same treatment...not just for consultants.
Steven Murray which company?
Agreed, being in strategic enterprise sales you get the same treatment. Plus you get commission ;)
Thank you! Love this.
Please work on your sound!
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I was expecting perks unique to consultants... a lot of companies have support teams, put you in nice hotels and on business class flights
lol isn't it... I work at KPMG and we have the same perks... i would say only perk of the job is probably that its more stimulating and better pay.
how about the glamorous salary ?
The salaries are great, no argument there, I think we just focused on the interesting nice parts outside of compensation
Love from India...
Is here a support team to help with excel spreadsheets.
I have recently become interested in becoming a consultant after I get my masters. I was wondering do many consulting firms have good annual vacation/holiday packages? With all the challenging work and hours consultants put into the company every year, I would assume a nice 2 to 4-week vacation per year is a given! lol
Did find yourself gaining access to airport lounges during your travels?
Yes, sometimes. Often you get access if you're traveling business class and then as points rack up, you typically get status on your preferred airline too.
Blabla MBB blabla
Hi Kenton .. Great video and insights big thanks
So why did you leave BCG? It sounded like a great place to be involved with.
BCG is great! The key reason I left is that I was interested in a more operational role. Having done both, I can certainly say that the operational side is less glamorous but there are positives to it as well.
rocketblocks Could you briefly explain key differences in management roles and operational ones? I've never heard of the latter!
rocketblocks was it a good decision to jump ship from consulting to a more operational role???
No. It is not.
Glamorous
wahhh
Thank you for this.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Internal audit had similar travel with less glitz
Hey Kenton,
Great insight here, really appreciate a look inside the life of a consultant. Over the past 7 years I've worked in Oil & Gas, Pharmaceuticals, and now in Tech as a marketing strategist. I'm studying for my MBA now, while at the same time define the next step in my career. I landed an interview with McKinsey on one of the support teams, but I'm really interested in the consultant side. In your experience, have you seen support team members work into a consultant role or would you recommend going straight for a consultant role right out of the gate?
Thanks,
Nate
It's not glamorous, it's an opportunity to work on the hardest problems; but I can't say it's possible to prep for cases - you either have what it takes, or don't.
bro, is a closed question. just answer "yes" or "not" at the start. 5 seconds video. straight to the point.
I respectfully disagree. Thanks for watching though.
Loved this.
Design is not a glamorous perk. Design is a strategic asset. If you still think design is an accessory, you are wrong by definition. Every company is designed and designers play a fundamental role in it. As for the rest, nice presentation.
Hi Simone - Thanks for the comment. To be clear, what we're arguing is that having incredible design teams help make incredible slides on your behalf, a luxury which most people in any company do not have, is awesome. In no way are we arguing that design isn't important. We're simply saying that having great design applied to your own slides by a 24hr available team is fantastic.
EY Parthenon to the win