imagine learning about the consulting life as an undergrad, going through the brutal recruiting process, landing “the dream job” where you get to travel, explore, and develop yourself. Then suddenly...Corona hits.


And your first day is you in bed waving hello to the HR rep on a zoom meeting in your Superman tidy widys

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And then you realize consulting is only ... Pls Fix

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Yup 🙃

...do you mean tighty whities?

Haha but yes, I 100% get this

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Wouldn’t the Superman imprint no longer make them whiteish?

Tbh I never even knew I'd be travelling when I joined, and I'm not mad about WFH

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Lmao me, praying I get to travel sometime next year

This was mee. Luckily I got another offer so goodbye consulting it was a good 2 months!

Potentially delayed a few years of massive disappointment!

Omg stop this is literally every new here that started in 2019

I would have been thrilled if I started this job with no expectations for travel. Travel is the part of this job I hate the most

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