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25 years for SBF.

Now need the same for DJT.

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My manager knows most of the company is off tomorrow so he put a late in the day call on my calendar….don’t worry babysitter I’ll be there

I feel bad for recruiters. They should have a horrible life.

Assume you always have to pretend to be interested to people over the phone, and then ghost them and not answering their emails! You should … more

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In this market if you exit consulting to a senior associate role is that bad - and does it hurt chances of coming back

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BCG why do you all always have to use every nanometer of real estate within your decks? Is brevity not a thing at your firm?

For those laid off and job searching, how have you felt the resume gap has impacted your ability to land interviews and what do you tell recruiters if they ask?

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I've got a T15 MBA and I'm getting pretty tired of doing Sr Director level tech and data strategy and implementation PMO. I think I'd be better suited in more business strategy roles, which are rare a… more

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How does everyone reconcile their out-of-network healthcare expenses and reimbursements? I have a ton of money going out weekly for therapists for me, my son and my husband. Need to figure out the be… more

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The people putting ridiculous amounts into your retirement accounts, are you actually doing it for retirement? Or do you plan to cash out earlier for whatever reason?

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Age 26
Income: $115k base, $130k TC
Savings (incl. brokerage, HYSA, cash): $65k
Retirement: $58k

I feel like it is so hard to save consistently but when I zoom out I know I have a decent savings for my ag… more

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How many people in consulting are normal?

Seems like there’s a large % that are odd - I.e only focused on work and no social life, bad sense of humor, way too competitive over which undergrad/MBA/firm is better.<… more

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If I had a final round in person yesterday, when should I expect to hear back?

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I'm seriously traumatized about this baby Jailyn case from Cleveland. I didn't see any word of it until her mother was sentenced last week, was I living under a rock? Was there national attention on this?

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What is the biggest risk you have ever taken? And what has been your greatest failure?

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My team is flying back from Europe next Thursday but I am staying until Sunday to enjoy the country. If my team isn’t “working” Thursday and instead on a plane all day, am I still expected to work or … more

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I want to leave but I don’t even know where else to apply to besides consulting firms. I work across industry focusing on supply chain.

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is ~95 tc enough to live in nyc? base is 88, and other bonuses and such are about 7k

according to the budget i’ve made, it is. obviously wont have some luxury apartment (more like something really small). i dont spend much o… more

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If you were laid off due to reduction in business workforce, would you tell future employers in the interview stage?

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How common are international projects at your firm?

Relatively new to consulting. Met someone in the same practice the other day, and he told me he is staffed on a project with a team on the other part of the world.
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Do you need GPT 4 if you have Copilot if you're using it for slides/spreadsheets and not any coding related thing?

I realize they are different but I believe Copilot leverages GPT4.

Appreciate insi… more

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Hi all! I'm starting to develop a stakeholder engagement plan to help states work with populations that need long term services and supports. I think I'm pretty good at this but wanted to crow… more

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I’m sorry but has anyone seen what European investment banks offer?? This is for an Analyst position at Norges Bank Investment Management in their NYC office

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Does anyone else find their motivation dropping for tasks/projects that don’t interest them and hence performance drops

I excel/high performer with engaging work but struggle to maintain motivation/performance on … more

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Do any of the MBBs offer tutoring reimbursement for MBA students that didn’t intern with them but get hired with them as full time hires after school?

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Anyone ever good to a particularly good, fun, engaging town hall? What made it that way?

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How does Capital One assess candidates after interviews? Is it mainly based on case interview performance?

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My manager is spread very thin across 5 projects. Barely has time for our 20-minute catch-ups. The client is asking me why my Manager is always MIA in status calls . The Manager is not giving our cli… more

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Like most things in life…Capitalism too needs to be “reset”

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That classmate is just like us.

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EY fishies in HK how is life in advisory team? How is wlb? Considering moving from UK to HK

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Thursday fly day ✈️

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Dear client, that was not very cash money of you. Karma awaits you.

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How tough is it to land a tech product manager role? What experience do you need? What’s the typical comp and WLB in those roles?

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Any other neurotypicals having a hard time working or being in consulting? It's difficult asking a question and someone telling me it's in the SOP. Feels like when I was in school and I would … more

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Has anyone’s company started a mentorship program from scratch? How did the company go about it logistically? Microsoft Form—> matching system?

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Is there anyone here who has experience with A&M and their HIG group. Would love to speak with anyone and get a better understanding of it.

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Hi, central European consultant here. I was helping consultants from the Western EU office with some BD. Then I was told my profile can't be on the proposal because of my nationality. Not only tha… more

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