Hey all - need some important advice. I feel like I under-bargained base/starting salary at Slalom. Got 79K base with up to 8% bonus in a low-to-medium cost of living area as an AC. I'm 1 year out of college (top 40 uni) with ~1 year of NON-consulting experience (mostly programming/software dev. experience at some small companies).

How should I expect to increase the salary up to six-figures for the next 2-3 years?

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Top 40 university 😂

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Start interviewing

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Haven't even started at Slalom yet. is it that bad?

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Slalom isn’t where you go for increases in comp year after year.

It’s semi-retirement for road warriors.

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Pretty sure thats what we pay - no offense but you are not undetpaid

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Thank you, and I definitely am not trying to sound arrogant. I think I may have misunderstood salaries because some people here are talking about post-MBA roles. Thanks for clarifying.

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Sounds standard. If you don’t like it I’d suggest to start interviewing again. I don’t think it’s bad thing to do; It’s a free market go get your bag

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Thank you. I was mostly concerned that I may be underpaid because I see a lot of threads here mentinoning higher salaries, but may be confusing that with post MBA roles.

You are not underpaid. That’s sounds about right

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Top 40 university I’m crying 😭 lmao

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I had 82K base 1 year out of college 8 years ago. Adjusted for inflation. You should be at least 110-120K

I’m just saying what my pay used to be 8 years ago at OPs age in consulting. 80K for analyst with some experience sounded right back then those days

So 35-40

Move to Accenture. First years in HCOL start at 92k + 10-15k signing. Almost 130 base at 2 YOE

Oh yeah for sure, I meant after 1-2 years here they could be making around 130. For what it’s worth, L11 is 92k base in HCOL, used to be 85-87

Lol the problem is that you joined consulting firm and not a tech company for software engineer job…consulting firms arent great for software engineers. Brush up your algo/ds + leetcode and start interviewing at tech companies.

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