Anyone switch from McKinsey to BCG or any other consulting firm early in their career? Why and did it make a difference?

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Yeah I switch from McK to Deloitte. True story. WLB and yes, huge difference. Also this firm has a pocket of very smart people (a small group that used to be called Strategy & Operations) which I gravitated to and found my home

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I was at Deloitte and would not return. It’s not a bad place and I can see all sorts of MBB people preferring it to MBB. I was S&O at D and yet was often on long studies where, if I didn’t get creative, I was running a PMO or doing requirements work with mid-level managers. Surrounded by partners who measured themselves on $ managed and $ sold. Just can’t get jazzed about it.

It did have much better WLB though.

I am considering that too main reasons being :
1. I hate how we sell frameworks and do less problem solving while bcg tailors solutions
2. They seem to have adapted to covid so much better than us in terms of treating people
3. As long as you are well performing up and out is not as intense but for equal to higher pay

DM me if you want to chat thinking about it too

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Off-topic, but what frameworks? I know the spiel on BCG being tailored, but I’ve not encountered a single framework in 4+ years here. RTS colleagues have their waves, but that’s about the only framework-like thing I’ve consistently heard we’ve used in actual client work.

Had a similar question tbh. Also curious as to how people lateraling between MBBs tell their story

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