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Question to reviewers, how much into consideration do you take self-reviews? Do they influence how you’re grading the person at all? What is the right level of effort in filling out these self reviews… more

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As we roll into another review season, genuine question: for those folks who consistently knock SPS out of the park (especially as SCs and above), what tactical advice do you have? Are there unwritten… more

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Are a lot of us looking for new jobs?

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EYP pushed their starts to July 2024 instead of rescinding offers... Why didn't Altman just delay offers? Isn't there a need for new first years eventually?

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What’s the % bonus for principals in Europe?

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How many consulting staff (analyst to principal) do you estimate we have in total? And what about per region?

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Lol they're making candidates sign contracts where they can't say anything bad about Altman... Too bad all this information is public and we're already showing up in Google searches as a f… more

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Is anyone else worried that there is even more that leadership isn’t telling us? No communication, transparency, or respect to us as employees during the past year of struggles. Impacted ex-coworkers… more

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So how are they determining who is getting their returns rescinded?

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I assume the rescinded offers were more on the MBA side as we need more analysts? Tough to hear what Rory was saying when he was talking about it.

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Confirmed 50% bonus target as mentioned a while back. Honestly higher than I expected.

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Anyone know whether EU is rescinding all offers or just some? If the latter, are return offers prioritized?

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I feel like I’ve been lied to. The fact this was not brought up, mentioned, alluded to, or otherwise foreshadowed at the last staff meeting is outrageous. How difficult would it have been to say “We p… more

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Does AS provide any mental health benefits (in the US)? For those who use therapy, where did you find your provider and what coverage do you get from company health insurance plans?

Separately, do we … more

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Why was this not announced in the global staff meeting last week? There is no way that Rory did not know this was going to happen

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Where is the interest rates guy?

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Thoughts? Anyone surprised?

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Should I be worried about my MBA return offer getting rescinded? Not sure if I should be worried. Any insights?

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So when are cost cutting measures going to be eased? On the global call, Rory said our revenue for the year is estimated to be $220m, which is ~8% higher than the monthly target of $17m

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Why do our laptops need to be updated and rebooted every couple of days?

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How is Europe doing?

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Any word on if we are going to end up asking our furloughed colleagues back in January?

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What happens if you’re ’tracking with development plan’? Is that essentially a coach out (if so, how long do you get) or has anyone come back from that?

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Anyone worried we are going to be slammed after bonuses when everyone tries to leave (assuming they’re poor) and all analysts staring are brand new?

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What happened? Did we really give out no returns to any of our summer interns? Won't we need first year analysts again eventually? Can't we just give out Jan 2025 start dates? This will probab… more

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What % of bonus do you think we will actually get? Has anyone heard anything about this?

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How is the utilisation in the US offices currently? Europe and APAC are basically full staffed

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Been hearing that our European peers are fully staffed (even understaffed in some cases). Therefore wondering what was the point of the recent layoffs in Europe - I assume it was more to do with remov… more

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What do you think about us rarely travelling / working with our team in person / being at the client? Personally, I feel like a big part of the consulting experience is taken away from us…

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Does anyone like this firm

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What office are you in and what is a good day / normal day / shitty day in terms of leaving times?

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What do you think about our projects? How interesting do you think they are on average? What do you think is the % of DD vs strategy work?

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Do we think bonuses will be based on region-specific performance or company performance?

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Another round is coming?

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Curious what others think about our 3 level rating system in project reviews? Simplification is good, but it seems overly punitive and insufficiently capable of capturing progression IMO. Is this prac… more

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Do you think there will be bonus this year?

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Which is the most superior office?

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If Europe is fully back on track, where are all our perks?

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Has anyone had office transfer requests approved in recent months? Americas or other

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