Currently in sales but got an offer from BCG. I am now second guessing my decision to go into consulting because of the long hours and pay cut, but I also feel like I have to try consulting and I can always come back to sales. Thoughts?

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I went Consulting—>Sales. Consulting is much, much tougher and you’ll probably get rolled off a project or two at the start. BCG is incredible brand so you may want to consider

What do you mean get rolled off? Why?

Rolling off in consulting is when youre asked to leave a project (either by client or internally), it just means to get restaffed on the next one, not fired. happens when you have difficulty getting up to speed quickly in a billable environment

Does it look bad tho?
Why do you think someone that comes from sales might get rolled off?
Not asking in an aggressive way just curious!

I could be wrong but you need to have serious chops in excel and PowerPoint and methodology at BCG that i could be wrongly assuming will be a learning curve. That said, post this in the consulting bowl and you’ll have see hundreds of jealous consultants for an MBB offer. Take it and congratulations

Yea I see what you mean! I guess I have to learn somewhere tho right? ;) how can I learn if I get rolled off? That’s what I’m thinking

I just recently did this sale -> consulting. Same reasons wanted to try it & took a large pay cut!

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