Related Posts
Khinkali (Georgian Soup Dumplings) - Continued
Hi. I am currently on bench with 1 year experience (band 6A). Kind of stressed out now since I am not getting any interview calls. I have also used GOM to apply for roles. I was mostly doing support work in my previous role. What can I do to get into a project other than contacting pem and rsa regularly and doing certifications?? IBM
Hi fishes,
I am facing problem while uploading documents to Accenture countdown portal.
I need to fill PF trust name and address along with date of exit but my LWD is in next week so I am unable to select the future date as date of exit.
I am getting mails like I need to complete all docs upload by one week before doj.
Is there any problem if I upload just before 2 days of doj.??
Has anyone faced this issue.?AccentureAccenture
Like for Pequods, laugh for Lou Malnati’s
Remember when 10k was the goal by end of year? 😂
Additional Posts in Consulting Exit Opportunities
Anyone from AMEX here?
New to Fishbowl?
unlock all discussions on Fishbowl.
Hey Op, I’m in the exact boat as you. I’d like you to reconsider thinking a different job will fix this though. It all starts in your mind and mentality. Don’t gain the habit of constantly hopping when you feel this way, as this can be common in any job
I haven’t hopped at all. I’ve been in this job since graduating college. i need to go to different job because the lack of intellectual stimulation caused by poor project SOWs and leadership, lack of knowing if real impact is being made to our clients (I hate the drop in/drop out nature of consulting, I want to see if my work actually helped), and the instability of projects and bench culture are why this job isn’t a good fit and moving to a job that is more stable and shows actual impact of your work would be more stimulating mentally and motivate to work hard. Why would I be motivated to learn and work hard here when I dont ever know if what I even work on is useful and my opportunities to learn new skills areas gets shot down due to clients not wanting to pay for inexperienced analysts even though that’s how they sell the program to us in recruiting?
Your brain won’t be mush forever, as soon as you get a role that’s challenging it snaps back! I always worry on agile transformations if I’ve lost it, and as soon as I’m back on a strategy study it fires on all cylinders
OP this MCK 1 is rite. I am back and forth between strategy and agile implementation and feel the same way. challenge is essential.
When I first started, I was so eager to learn anything and everything. I happily conducted outside research, took training classes, did whatever (I thought) was necessary to be prepared. Now, after being shown what at least ACN is truly like, I know I can get away with using minimal brain power to do a great job. This is not because I’ve learned everything I need to know but because this job has never been intellectually stimulating from the get-go. I came in prepped for 80 hour work weeks, learning so much every project when in fact it has been the complete opposite.
The problem with this is now as I research potential fields to exit into that will require that same “gusto” I had back on day 1, my brain feels tired at even the thought of putting in that much effort. It makes me really sad because I used to love learning and exploring new topics of interest. But now, unless it’s some fluff topic like tv or music, I don’t really have the motivation.
I hate that this job has killed that drive in me. I want to exit before it gets worse but I know the journey to that exit will take A LOT of motivation and focus on my part that I haven’t had in the past 1.5 years.
SM1 where are you now?
AC OP, I feel you 100%. It’s why I left consulting. I seriously regressed in my three years there.
Gotcha. Yeah I kept asking for projects that would allow me to use them, unfortunately we have a regional model so projects that utilized it were all out of region for me.
Oh absolutely
Without a doubt. Trading creating for doing is definitely killing my satisfaction
Yes this is my life right now and I’m miserable on current project. Which is why I am in this bowl. I feel like I am not using my skills
Cdp
Update since people seem to still be liking and commenting on this thread a week later:
I started a brand new project that has everything I mentioned in my initial comment of things I wanted when I first started (long hours being actually busy, learning new skills). Yet...I still don’t feel the desire to truly learn and succeed. Despite switching to more interesting/challenging work that some of you said helped kick yours into drive, that didn’t do it for me. I still just feel like my brain is tired and I’m not motivated to put in a ton of extra effort.
I’m more motivated by side projects (which some of you also mentioned could help), but due to the long project hours and personal stuff going on, I don’t have as much time to dedicate to them, which I think is equally killing my drive on the project as I blame it for hindering my progress.
This project is also hindered by the typical ACN/consulting bs I’ve grown to know too well (shoddy SOW, staying around just for optics, scope creep, etc.). I think had this been a well sold, actually organized project with actual leadership to make sure it stays on track, I think it’d be different but it’s not. I got too optimistic hoping it’d be different for once but instead it just became another thing to add onto my growing list of “why this company/consulting sucks”.
It’s just time to leave.
We usually don’t. That’s why I see most people gone either within the first year to start ups or at the 2.5/3 year mark after the consultant promotion. However, I do know a rather large cohort still around in my office at 3.5/4 years but I think it’s cuz a majority are waiting for MBAs next year.
🤚 same
My 2 cents, I’ve been in the same state many times. I keep my curiosity by learning things on the side, let’s say I do workday consulting, I started learning programming or learning a new language just to keep myself occupied in the “free” time. Then I slowly started building stuff like websites and mobile apps to simply learn and then now
to solve business problems. Honestly everything I tried till date failed but I always learnt something and tried again. Now, I have this big app I built (for almost a year) which is going live in few days, I’m hoping this will work out😀 Try something new, come outside of your comfort zone, when you become occupied in your own world, you won’t give a f about your work, you will see it as a source of income till you launch something big
True. I’m trying to bury myself in my outside interests. My parents have always said my outside interests will probably be my business I run once I have a family. At this point, I’m so motivated to leave I’m going to try to get my love of learning back so that I can learn what I need.
All day everyday, SAP consulting sucks
What field are you in?
Yeah
Op which BU are you in. Not strategy?
Not strategy. Just the normal management consulting analyst program
Yes! Lowkey looking for other jobs... i’m a year into CDP! What have you resolved to do?
I’m up for promotion next month so I think having the new title at least will make it easier to hop out. That’s what I’ve seen is the case. Otherwise the only exit is MBA which I’m def not doing so I need the former to work.