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Consultants have been learning on the client's dime forever.

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There is little to no long-term business value for large consulting firms to oversell and under-deliver.

At least in my experience sitting in these rooms, there’s a general consensus of we’re figuring this out together, and the POC is often the outcome of a project to demonstrate short-term
quick wins in the first place to then convince the org of a broader transformation in a specific area.

There is an assumption underlying this that “the reason AI work stops at POC is because there is no value delivered” - this may be true, but often times what ends up happening is companies then realize that to scale it requires much longer, larger project around change management and building a tech-forward org because they don’t have the core infrastructure and teams to actually do this. And then it becomes a bigger question of if this digital transformation is a priority for them right now.

At least that’s been my experience - I do a lot of work with PE companies around this, and we would never get away with just generic promises of margin improvements. By and large buyers I work with aren’t stupid, they know saving 10% of Finance’s time is at best going to just give everyone longer lunch breaks and won’t let us get away with handwaving.

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All consulting firms do is oversell and underdeliver

On the job training.

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Hi fishes
I was supposed to have my
Amazon Round 3 interview in the first week of May but the interviewer didn't join. My recruiter didn't reply for a few days and then rescheduled it.
Even in this rescheduled interview, my interviewer didn't join. This time my recruiter joined and said she'll reschedule my interview.
She still hasn't done that even after a follow up.
Is this common? Is this some kind of patience test?
I have no clue but I'm really frustrated at this point.
Please suggest

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Hi fishes,

I am looking for a job opportunity, please find the details below and let me know if any one has any suitable openings.

Role - Project Manager, PMP cert. (Agile, JIRA, etc)
YOE - 9.2
Company - Valeo (Automotive SW development)
Serving notice period
Offer in hand - Bosch and Born Group

Hi

Currently I have 8 LPA ( 1 fixed) how much can I ask in my interview?

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Me as associate: can't wait to be senior and give most work to staff! Me as senior, with no staff: can't wait to be manager and give most work to seniors! Me as manager: READY FOR DISAPPOINTMENT

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Creative ways to respond to customer concerns without sounding scripted?

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Whew! That was a long one. I feel like spending over 10 mins on the line with customer support adds a bit of irritation which could turn unpleasant when issues aren’t resolved.

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In my company, we have a staff of customer support agents to resolve user concerns, but they prefer to complain on social media and never call the number we give them. Should we transfer the agents to the Social Media platforms or insistently try to get them to call us?

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I’ve spent 3 years working at a call center and I would do just about anything to get off the phones. Do I aim for a promotion, or would I be better off trying another industry?

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I’d be so much happier doing customer service through live chat instead of phones. Are there jobs that hire just for online support, or do they all require you to take calls?

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It's so hard to overcome patient social issues. Some days I just feel like I could scream

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You want easy money Buy calls on X at $0.10 for 9/27. Trust me

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What’s your method for finding opportunities in the market

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Does Amc and gme close after today ?
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ATL - How much does a senior consultant make at Deloitte? 2 YOE.

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Hi everyone, I work for large startup (300 employees) and I have been asked to develop a Progressive HR manual template. Some examples include gender neutral restrooms, lactation rooms, signing off emails with pronouns, and etc. Any tips/links for resources to help would be appreciated.

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Hey Fishes,
Have an offer from HCL for Cisco at Bangalore location as a Technical Specialist.
Can anyone share his/her experience on that?
Like how is the work, wl balance.
Also, can we ask for a transfer to the preferred location if required?

Hi, I did interview with amazon.

Round 1: HR round. cleared.

Round 2: Hiring manager round. Went well.

After 2 weeks they said Role no longer available. It was L5 supply chain role. This happened in April. Can I apply again in Amazon? I joined a company 3 months ago, does it look bad in CV to leave again in 3 months? I hv a 6 month gap in career in 2019 due to lay off (covid). total exp 9 yrs. SCM exp 6 yrs.

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I joined KPMG a while ago from federal consulting. Federal consulting had super good work life balance but I’ve been working at KPMG strategy for a while now. The hours are wild, my managers expect perfection, and I feel like it’s all meaningless. Does anyone else feel like this, how have you dealt with it, and is it like this once you go into industry?

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Interviewing for a director level PM role in LA. Any idea what the salary threshold is for that position?

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I feel like the more you’re exposed to corporate life, the more you become bitter. Many nice, genuine people I met work outside this bubble. They radiate pure kindness.

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