Is hiring a consultant with high rates really worth it?

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Sounds like a client snitch who's going undercover

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I hate all these posts where people claim our job's value is completely nonexistent and we've just managed to pull one over on every C-Suite exec in the country. Seriously, you think you're actually smarter than all of them?

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Yes because try hiring full time people in remote ass places for a 4 month project and then letting them go and then still think you can do it again next year without zero problems

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^ he called the shit poop again! Hahaha

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We better all hope it's yes

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I don't think it's so much that our jobs have no value, as much as it is clients not using us in a valuable way.

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no

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Yes it is. Btw, stop pooping where you eat!

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I don't necessarily think we are smarter but they can hold us to a higher standard and change people out of they like to. I think they get their bang for their buck especially since we eat so many hours.

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No

^this

Sometimes they just need to borrow the credibility of big name consulting firm

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