I started my career in consulting and made my way to Slack as a senior IC 3 years ago. I’ve been building out a team, been promoted a few times and enjoying life here (great pay/benes/culture) but with the acquisition have been offered a few jobs from global consulting firms to own and build out Slack practices. I’m struggling with the decision - current equity handcuffs versus long term salary upside, coupled with work life balance concerns. WWFBD?

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As a former consultant and current Slack employee - STAY PUT

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How lucrative could a ‘Slack practice’ really be? Have you done that analysis?

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A small CPQ implementation is 4x a xtra large Slack implementation… Slack was successful due to the simplicity of the thing. More upside in advisory services around the implementation and integrations…but that’s pretty niche.

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You’re in a great place in a job with lots of pluses.. grass isn’t always greener on the other side. If you are a person who bristles at the thought of lots of slide creations and meetings where you feel like you’re revisiting the decisions you made in the last meeting, consulting isn’t for you. Stay closest to the most valuable intellectual property you know. A move to consulting gets you more than a few steps removed.

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I wouldn’t go back from tech to consulting if I were you. I’m not even sure what you mean about long term salary upside, consulting only really beats tech at partner level maybe and that’s not even always true. Hours are significantly worse too

If you really like the challenge or opportunity than maybe but I wouldn’t even consider it

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Slack practice? Where would Slack integrate for the SIs? That is truly intriguing. Why do you want to leave? What do you not like?

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