I'm an entry level consultant in Dallas at a smaller company. This is my first job in consulting and I've been here about 7 months. My experience has been good in terms of work life balance, autonomy, and culture. My only real issue is my compensation. I was happy with it at first, but with the workload and expectations I'm feeling undervalued.
My base is 82k, 5k signing bonus, no annual bonuses or anything. Im wondering if I should start looking elsewhere or if I'm just getting greedy

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That’s great for entry, but keep grindin hustler. Double that in a year if ya have some feel

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you’re where you should be imo. if it doesn’t improve, start looking elsewhere in a year.

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