Debating if it’s time to exit Consulting. What are people’s outlook on consulting vs jumping to industry?

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Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

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The longer you stay in consulting the more likely you need to take a pay cut to move to industry.

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It’s not all sunshine and rainbows. You’ll be playing more politics on the industry side than you ever did at the firm.

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Stay in consultint. Come to Deloitte. There's a reason they call it MDBB

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Are you looking for growth or WLB. I just switched so

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I mean depends on your personal goals, there is no one best path for an exit. I left because I had a toxic leader who was driving me insane, I genuinely felt I would drop dead from stress.

I also felt I wasn't doing interesting enough work to stick around, had learnt quite a lot in my tenure. I wanted to prioritize hobbies, do a mind numbing job for a bit.

I dont care much about money now, I value my time more. I may bomerang again for cutting edge work but for now I'm very happy.

Your pay and growth may stall at industry but environment is chill, so gotta pick.

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Big 4 consulting is a scam.. you're much better off in industry unless you make partner. There is no debate.

If you're in MBB/T2, it's a different conversation. But in big 4, you're getting half the pay for maybe 20% better wlb and less rewarding work. GTFO.

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