Currently an Assoc at McK. Recruiters are reaching out with roles and specifying that senior execs are ex-MBB and ONLY hire MBBs. Does this raise a red flag to anyone else?

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It means you will likely work just as much if not more than at MBB

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In industry, there are a lot of 9-5 personalities who literally will not put in extra effort. Could be senior leaders are just looking for folks with intrinsics to do what the job requires to get done.

If they say lifestyle and culture is good - could be great to work with ex-MBB folks who have strong toolkit in a more chill environment.

If they don’t highlight lifestyle… then prob red flag as this is just someone who wants a permanent in-house MBB team.

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It depends on how you look at it

They only hire MBBs because they will understand each other and work more effectively

You can argue that this doesn’t make for a very diverse team which is terrible.
But the rebuttal may be that the MBB are very diverse, so grabbing a random sample of people from there you still get big diversity of thought

But personally no me gusta

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It's an ego stroke for a lot of folks. Thats the itch that these recruiters are trying to scratch.

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Yeah, I wouldn't go

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Red flag for sure

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It’s a red flag if part of the reason you’re looking to leave is the WLB or the culture. I wouldn’t say no to the interview, as much I’d want to explore the good questions others have raised with the actual hiring manager.

I suspect you know this, but if you’re looking at PE/VC, F500 corporate strategy or corp dev roles, etc you’re almost certainly walking back into the belly of the beast regardless.

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