I recently left T2 consulting for a pre IPO tech firm that’ll go public this year that offered me 135k base + 80k RSUs / year. It’s in a role / function that I’m not too personally passionate about, but I like the culture / WLB and think I can switch teams down the line. However, I also received an offer (about 2 months after starting my new job) with BCG for their senior associate role. It’s going to be a pay cut for sure, but is it worth taking since I’m not passionate about my role rn? TIA!

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If you’ve already done consulting then you know what you think about the industry. BCG may be more prestigious but will be similar work. If you think you could do consulting long term, BCG could be a good move. But if not, I would definitely stay where you are. You’ll be making about $80k more per year where you are, and a tech firm with a confirmed IPO sounds like the kind of place most BCG people want to exit for.

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Pre-IPO equity is pretty worthless with some notable exceptions, especially if you’re only getting 80k a year, which limits your upside a lot since that’s not a ton. Remember when people thought wework equity was the next big thing?

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Oops I forgot to add we have a confirmed IPO this year. Sorry!

Yeah if you feel good about the 80k, then I wouldn’t take the pay cut, it’s pretty dramatic

What’s BCG senior associate comp? Around 120 all in? Take the tendies

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