Consulting: where people either complain when they have no work, or people complain when they have too much work! Where's the happy middle?

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When asked to describe consulting life I said it's like a series of sprints. You're either super bored or super stressed"

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😅😅I was just discussing the same with a couple of my consultant friends .some of us have too much work n the others nothing at all.which leads to a huge performance goal .utilization .

I've got no work, and im not complaining

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