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Anyone have any idea about Associate consultant pay at Bain in Riyadh?
In the last reound and I have an offer from OW. (apart from money, which one is better? in terms of culture, WLB, and less public segtor work)
wondering if it's worth it to do the next round or not.
+ any idea about signing bonus & relocation benifit? Bain & Company Oliver Wyman
How do I pivot from a broker to any job in tech?
What is the culture like, type of work and reputation of Capco in the Data & Analytics space?
I have some good ex colleagues who moved over there and also looked up on LinkedIn and see lots of seemingly smart and accomplished people in their D&A team in the UK.
I'll ask my ex colleagues too, but wanted to see if people here have any opinion or information on this too.
TIA
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This doesn’t look comfy.
Has anyone left PwC while they still had an outstanding Educational Support Program repayment agreement? What is the repayment process like? Am I required to pay back the amount in full the day I leave the firm or is there the ability to do a repayment agreement? I’m looking at new opportunities and would like to have my new firm take on the amount of the tuition agreement ($14,000) but don’t know how much that might limit my options.
Me in interview vs me after 3 months
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What’s paid better at McK? Associate or Analyst?
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How is the culture at quantumblack?
What is Bain SAC comp these days?
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There's definitely folks from your firm in government. Ever heard of a little ex-Bainie named MITT ROMNEY?!? Come on!
Edit: nevermind, guess he didn't make it to the White House either....
Mentor
@AC1 and @B4, I know, but OP was asking if there were ex-Bainies in the White House, not about whether BCG also had folks there. My point was simply about Bain
It’s probably more selection bias than anything else (i.e., the type of people who are interested in govt work typically join McKinsey rather than Bain). But that said, your network for govt roles will be smaller. You’ll have to work a bit harder but I don’t see why Bain experience would inherently hurt you.
More importantly, why on earth do you want to go work in government??? 🤷♂️
This
Plus McK’s scale
You won’t be able to do much public sector work but it happens occasionally. I think a govt externship will be your big enabler
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Bain does by far the least government work out of MBB… and McK does the most
Mentor
by choice but very true
My guy/gal, you just f’d up
Consulting is not the best path into politics. Bain in particular is known for having very little public sector footprint. McK, BCG, Deloitte, and Booz are much better stepping stones. But it depends what you want to do. If your goal is to work at the WH, your best bet is to network in DC, volunteer on campaigns, or get some experience in the political world. Most people you see pivot from consulting to politics had prior political experience. Of course having MBB on your resume doesn’t hurt. But it’s not going to pave a path to the WH, especially from Bain.
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If you network hard enough don’t think it’ll be an issue and folks will value your experience as long as you’re able to do enough government / public sector studies
Mentor
When you start - go on the internal case portal and search up the alumni you find who made the transition (I’d be shocked if there were none) and you can see exactly what cases they’ve done - don’t think your casework limits your exit especially as an undergrad hire
Yeah you fcked up
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bruh that’s exaggerating I know a few people from my office going to do energy work for the gov
I’m not too knowledge in this area, but can you do some sort of internship with Bridgespan to do public sector work?
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^ good option. Or public sector externship in general
It’s probably more selection bias than anything else (i.e., the type of people who are interested in govt work typically join McKinsey rather than Bain). But that said, your network for govt roles will be smaller. You’ll have to work a bit harder but I don’t see why Bain experience would inherently hurt you.
More importantly, why on earth do you want to go work in government??? 🤷♂️
Mentor
I think it’s more self selection vs not being able to get into government work. If you network you should have no worries getting similar opportunities.
great choice tho :) I started as an AC and love it - kool aid hits
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People vastly overrated case work relevance for exits at junior levels.
You’re likely not going to do any public sector cases in your time at Bain, but if you’re just staying for 2 and going, that won’t be relevant.
Agree that there’s self selection bias at work here as folks who choose Bain aren’t typically interested in public sector.
Hahahahaha
Why not go work in government directly?
$$$
Do you mean to refer to Chelsea?
I struggle to understand why someone who can make it into Bain would ever want to jump to the public sector. But I really don’t think there’s a whole lot of difference at the Jr ranks between ability to get your foot in the door. The main difference IMO is that you will have to work a bit harder with networking. But that’s just my thoughts. 7 years at Bain (Europe) and I still do t know anyone who went to the public sector.
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Public sector works for those who want to make an impact and/or are power hungry. There is no replicating the feeling of influence as a prominent politician / DC insider (corporate America doesn’t compare in most cases)