I keep getting reached out to by small boutique firms. I am currently in a t2/t3 firm. Would jumping to these small firms hurt or help me moving to t1/t2?

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I think we can all agree:

T1: MBB
T1.5: OW, BAH, some niche groups in the B4
T2: B4, Accenture
T3: Grant Thornton
T4: Cap, Infosys, etc.

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If you think we can all agree on that, you've got an uphill battle to get to a Tier 1.

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Do we all agree? What are the tiers? Is it pure revenue? I’d put the quality of B4 up against MBB any day, because I know both can produce stuff that run the gamut and I’ve never thought I’d McKinsey practitioners as something that stood out as another level of quality beyond what I’ve seen from my peers.

We all know agree what those groups consist of us but we can all find rankings that put different firms in different orders

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Also, that’s not a shot at McKinsey. It’s just pointing out that while they objectively might have more revenue, it’s not at all objective that their practice (or Bain’s or BCG’s) stood above the rest of the top firms without qualifiers.

Start naming some criteria to measure against and we could have a meaningful conversation. Otherwise we’re all just comparing favorite baseball teams

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Rankings are somewhat subjective. Everyone usually agrees who the Top 5 are but rarely do they agree what the order is. OP is saying they are in firm that is either T2 or T3, their goal is to move to a firm that is T1/T2

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Lol OP’s initial ask has been completely ignored due to the controversy of tiering. Following, I guess.

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It wasn’t answered because his facts are not supported by a measurable response. 🙄

Your sentence doesn’t make sense to me. How can you be in T2 and want to move to T2, eventually?
Unless you are T3 and want to move to T1/T2

I’ve not heard of tier 1.5, and don’t think that you’d put any big 4 groups in with OW? Unless you mean strategy &?
So as D1 said it’s subjective...

D1 - thank you. That is exactly what I am trying to communicate here

C1- T1-4 is subjective. Your T5 don’t come close to you 1-4. I’d say if you’re in the 1-4 most industry won’t bat an eye between them

The only two tiers that matter are:

T2: doing shitty work
T1: not doing shitty work

It should be obvious which tier you should be in.

It’s possible to be in a T1 firm and a T2 project.

Well rephrase do to the controversy- does jumping to boutiques (i.e. small firms with little recognition) hurt a consultants progression to a t1/t2 firm?

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