Have an offer for a boutique consulting firm (<10ppl), with a 10% bump, but not as much growth in my area of expertise. Perks are less travel and maybe less bureaucracy. Late 20’s. Would you do it?

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I’d pass. I joined a ‘boutique’ of <20 which is part of a much bigger advisory firm and some big negatives:
- weak project pipeline
-lack of breadth of work
- lack of structure for new hires

I personally think it’s quite worrying when the brand name of your company doesn’t really count for much in a space like consulting. This doesn’t apply to all boutiques but the big 4/MBB wouldn’t go anywhere near some of the work that my team pitches for..
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C1 - thanks for the insights! Are you still with the firm? What made you join in the first place?

Boutique of <20? I don’t think it qualifies as boutique then. Why would you take such risk for just 10%?

OP - I joined as an entry level grad about two months ago. I think I bought into the whole story that they pitched me about competing with the big 4 but offering more responsibility and exposure. I also didnt grasp just how small the team was. I’ve decided to go back to law school in Sept so just going to do one year and bounce. If I wasn’t doing that, I’d be trying to exit ASAP.

A boutique of 10 people is a huge risk and I wouldn’t do it in your late 20s. One partner leaving could leave the firm underwater fast.

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