If you already have great personal skills, does taking a non-client facing role for the time being hurt your overall career?

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Depends but here’s my perspective.. I was in a non-client facing role for a few months at the start of last year and did not feel like I was progressing in my career. I had to piss off a PPMD to get rolled off but fast forward today I’m supported across the board by my current and previous project teams for early promo to SC

Depends for sure. I think it depends on your mindset and reason for change. Do you need a break so you don’t burn out? Are you forming new relationships? (they can eventually pay off by building a greater network.) Are you learning new skills? It may “slow you down” in client facing/promotion opportunities in the immediate future, but more/varying experiences usually pay off in the long term.

Client facing =/= high visibility

Make sure whatever roles you're taking are relevant to your career objectives and impactful enough that they get seen by leadership

Overall career, no. However, don’t expect promotion while in that kind of a role. There is definitely an opportunity to grow in ways where you might now see in client-facing work, but the spotlight always shines brightest on those in the client’s view. That is not always the reality for lower ranked consultants, but at higher ranks, I’ve seldom seen an exception.

It depends on the skills. I’ve been non client facing for close to a year now but got early promo because of the skills I learned from it. I was client facing on a project before it, so told the story of how I can now use the hard skills learned paired with my soft consulting skills to make more of an impact down the road. All about the story

Depends on the role. Global resident is a great and really fun job.

I took an internal role (that was high visibility and client facing but that didn’t count...). I got kicked down and never recovered. 2 years after I’m more than 100k TC behind my peers. So, I would not recommend taking an internal role at Deloitte unless it’s what you absolutely want to do / part of some exit strategy. Suggest to not believe in the encouraging words and promises of protection from leadership. Just my experience

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