Based on what I have seen on FB, I don't seem to understand what most big 4 projects actually involve. What do people do day to day?

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I'm essentially a call center employee right now. If I get lucky and do well, who knows, maybe I can work as a prison guard for my next glorified temp labor gig - ahem - I mean management consultancy project

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Today I met with CFO to discuss implications of forex volatility on their regional growth plan and whiteboarded a mitigation strategy to localize supply chain. Then chatted with CIO to scope out a cyber risk assessment. Lunch with the VP of Ops and Marketing to talk footprint redesign needed to support shift to multichannel distribution. You know basic stuff.

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I'm a glorified hall monitor

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I ask a lot of questions with no answers and break up fights

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@ EY OP - You seem to have misspelled "I am auditing small business loans for an AML project to ensure they were processed correctly."

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I go to Starbucks. ..a lot

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About 85% of my current role could be classified under "making sure everyone is on the same page". The remaining 15% is spent on mute during conference calls.

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I book meeting rooms, take meeting minutes, organise sharepoint and log issues, risks and change requests in exchange for $117k/year. Complete waste of my mental capabilities and education. Gonna quit soon

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PMO

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Welcome to real life my friend. Where money and minds are wasted simultaneously.

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It's all I do. I'm probably your manager. Get back to work!

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EY3 how on earth do we charge consulting rates for that...

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That's really scary. Go back to managing your team!

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OP there are far greater complexities in the world of AML than what is being described here. Additionally, we get paid because of the impacts AML has from a regulatory perspective.

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Just faking it until I make it

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I make people talk to each other and then repeat what they said in different words

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I facilitate discussion and then restate their thoughts in different manners

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EY 2 - you forgot: copy pasting tax IDs and transaction amounts into a database so the Feds can potentially monitor it

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@ EY 4 - I want you to know that I respect you. And you seem like a knowledgeable and rational person. But I would also like to inform you that I despise your chosen area of expertise. Which is fine. It's just not for me.

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I take 4 weeks to tell the client they can't have what they want

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