From your perspective what's the best consulting firm in Australia or New Zealand? And why - is it the best for your specialty, because of wlb, etc?

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I like working at the BCG office in Sydney, I don't know if it's the best firm in Australia but it's alright. Not sure I would rank it for wlb though, it can be demanding.

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Im joining BCG Sydney next Jan. But been worked pretty hard in the past few years (60hr weeks for stints, had a few 100hr weeks, ie weekends).

Will it be the same or worse? Im thinking surely it cant get any worse…

Nous Group (largest Australian-founded consulting firm) is good for WLB, but pay (similar to big 4 consulting), learning experience and career progression is less than MBB. Ex-Mck founder wanted to create a place where ppl can do interesting fulfilling work whilst living a full personal life.

EY PJP seems to have a solid rep in Australia, keen to hear more about them

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Seems ok on LinkedIn, a mix of middle management exits (both public and private sectors) and T1/T2 consulting firms. No exits into ASX c-suite’s though. Does anyone have any direct experience with Nous?

Quantium is best for data analytics consulting. Good wlb. Lots of ex-mbb

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Pretty decent. Grads start at 100k and each promotion is ~25% bump

It depends on your assessment criteria - in terms of learning experience, smart colleagues, size, pay and career progression: McK or BCG. But WLB? Probably not

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From my perspective, I like where I am but I do wonder everyday what it must be like to work at the top tier firms. And I also want to find out if I have what it takes to make it there.

So I guess even if you have it good, it's hard to convince yourself it's enough.

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Having moved from one big 4 in Australia to another big 4 in NZ - I would say the WLB in NZ is far far better (night and day honestly)

In terms of pay and the type of work - it really depends on what you do / want to do. None of the big 4 are truely ‘full service’ - one is better for strategy, another for SI, another for operations - and all are good at different sectors

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I’m with BCG 1 on this. Do it briefly 2-3yrs, then find a job that lets you have a real life.

I am obviously biased towards McKinsey lol

I suspect it’s the same question as the global “which MBB is best question”, while also chucking in some of the local boutiques that have a good rep (e.g., EY PJP).

As BCG says - depends on your criteria.

I picked Bain because the local staffing model gave me the highest chance of zero travel, which is what I needed for family. And because I wanted PE experience and Bain is reputedly the market leader in that.

If you want lots of travel and / or case experience in probably any other industry other than PE, the others are probably better options.

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