Has anyone switched to a boutique consulting firm from a large firm? How has your experience been so far? It’s a consulting firm that provides services to middle market PE firms.

Comp is decent and lots of room to grow, but the overall practice size is too small (less than 50 people) which makes me worried that they may not have stable project pipeline. If anyone has made a switch before, I’d love some perspective.

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Haha “they may not have a stable project pipeline”. At a boutique, my guy, it is now YOUR job to bring in deals and make the pipeline stable.

Seen lots and lots of AP level folks at bigger firms who have absolutely no idea how to sell crash and burn.

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