Does Goldman sachs, McKinney, BCG and their ilk hire Big 4 advisory alumni into consulting roles?

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IMO, that kind of consulting is pretty different from most b4 advisory. B4 advisory/consulting is more “doing stuff” type “consulting.” Those are more strategic - top 5 undergrad business schools, top 10 MBAs, etc. are also a pretty small pool they draw from. They tend to ask for high school SAT scores from 22 years and really push the feeling you out on IQ stuff. I’d say if you are in Deloitte Strategy & Opps or an equivalent yeah you can. But my uneducated opinion would be it’s more of a subset of b4 consulting that would be able to swing into those. I’d ask some folks at those firms. It can def be done, but as big as consulting/advisory is - it depends.

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One senior manager in my practice recently joined McKinsey.

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Fellow consultants from the big 4 facing H1B stamping issues in india? Asking for a friend... Advice appreciated

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Thoughts on offer?

Current:
- Manager w/ no MBA at EY-P non Strategy M&A
- 10 YoE in Consulting
- $165k held flat due to COVID
- No significant increase expected due to "market conditions" next year
- No expectation for promotion within next 2 years in practice


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- Annual bonus of 5-8%
- Similar work at a non-B4
- Southeast w/ moderate travel post COVID

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Is there any ongoing hiring freeze in B4?

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