Hey BCGers - how are "experts" viewed in your firm? Same level of respect or viewed as second-class citizens?

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In my limited experience, expert and support staff are very well respected by everyone. But they are second class citizens in terms of involvement.

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What do you mean by experts? We have a knowledge team and then we have our director track - basically non selling partner level that often are often viewed as "experts" in specific areas.

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I guess OP is talking about ECT - Expert Career Track. They are equal in terms of relevance etc. but career steps and pay are different as they usually don't own account or sell work.

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I believe it's ECT.

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BCG3, how are you defining involvement in this context?

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