How well will T2 firms do during a recession? Want to know if I should take a relatively safer job at MBB in a PM role instead. Don’t want to be fired and have nothing

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We'll be fine

At least for healthcare consulting, when the economy is good we are working on more acquisitions, investments, service line development, and more. When we hit a recession we are doing more mergers, revenue cycle management, strategic planning, and more. Point is there is always a need for consultants. What you should do is watch if your company is properly positioning itself depending on the state of the market. There is always business to be done as long as we are in the places where the needs are.

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I honestly would not trust LEK during a recession considering how they handled the initial COVID drawback

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Hmm not sure how well this firm will hold up then. Sounds like I might as well jump while I can

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Why would you think MBB would be safer? They cut heads during recessions too.

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@P1 I think you made LEK4 angy😡

Considering grand theft auto hasn’t released a new version in years and they’re green quarter over quarter I think fine…

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If EY is going public or selling assets, EYP may get hit hard as they won’t tolerate a loss during that time

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To make the partners rich

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We will probably be fine. Initial covid, pe firms shut down. In a recession, do pe firms shut down? ;)

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Life sciences consulting will do well. It’s typically not cyclical

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I’m in a boutique and our business exploded when covid hit, no question.

would venture to say S& and OW would be "safest" only because of PwC and MMC, though I'm talking more the brand than people. Layoffs will be up across the board I'm sure...

In five years when there’s a recession, we’ll find out

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