How do you guys manage doing BD work when on a project? Currently on a project where they expect continuous 8-10 hours / day of availability which doesn’t leave me any time to do any sort of work outside of client work.

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You work 11-12 hours. Big 4s are known for terrible work life balances where this is the norm. And this isn’t even bad compared MBB.

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Big reason why a left for industry: get away from the BD/PD work.

Pay may be less, but probably close when doing a $/hr comparison.

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You’re expected to put in 60 hours a week, not only 40.

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Consulting isn’t a 40hr a week job. Think of your year in seasons - some weeks are going to be very hectic with a lot of evening or weekend work, and others where a given week is dead. More weeks in reserve 2 nights won’t work into the evening and usually work a few hours on Sunday most weeks

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Multitask. I'm not saying it is the best, but that's how I do it. I'm always working on 2 to 3 different things at the same time.

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Set aside one to two hours a day for it. Doing that consistently over six months will make it feel natural. Alternatively, you could do none of it, but that will affect your career significantly.

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Ask for a charge code and the BD work will disappear. Start logging all you project hours and your work will suddenly be limited to 8 hours.

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Hello fam! Hope you’ll are enjoying your Sunday!

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Hi,
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