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And so another young professional realizes that professional services pays well because you have to work your ass off, whereas many other roles do not, because you don’t.
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This is what gets me. Like, I literally went to consulting because of the exit opps. So what is it, exit opps or golden handcuffs??
These two things aren’t mutually exclusive. You can have amazing exits relative to your YOE and still be paid less than your current salary.
Maybe the recruiters you are speaking with are filling junior roles
This has happened to me for LMM pe roles, Corp Dev manager at f500, and a couple of other positions. I'm 3.5 yoe so the positions are not super senior, but they are what I expected to be high paying roles (as well as interesting)
I’ve resigned to the fact that I likely won’t get a pay bump, and might have to settle for less, but I want to leave so it has to be done
Not to be too technical, but my expectations are a base salary cut, but a net gain after RSU’s
What are you asking for??
This is my fear too
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Happened to me surprisingly for other consulting firms too!
Sounds like you need to set your sights on a higher level role outside of consulting and figure out how to land there
I'm targeting pe and corporate development, two niches that are not known for being stingy with pay. Pe is tough a mega funds aren't really possible to get to as I'm not at mbb or an ibank so I'm targeting mm funds