It's kinda bullshit that a lot of us worked hard to get into consulting and now have to deal with layoffs. While others are enjoying safe decent paying jobs even though they slack off.

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Wow, you sound entitled

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Thank your lucky stars. You could be a single mom working hourly wages and get fired because you had to stay home with a sick child and don't get PTO.

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It's called a trade-off. Want a 'safe' 9-5? That doesn't (usually) come with varied projects and high pay. Want to jet-set the country and work on interesting projects while making a lot of money? You'll have to put in long hours and prove yourself every day.

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Don't a lot of consulting projects lead to laying people off in industry? Mine have/will.

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You're crazy if you think industry makes you safe. I have seen more layoffs than I can count from clients and when I was in industry.

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Haha what do you mean work hard to get into consulting? I spent 5 years partying at a state school and talked my way in with a 2.5. Chill bro, it's just the nature of the industry.

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I agree that this can come of as petty, but not sure entitled is the right word for it.

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"Entitled" was the right word.

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Industry layoffs are way more ruthless. OP needs to stop crying. You made a choice.

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@EY1 is right. We're karmically far in the hole. In my vertical, we do a lot of projects that ship jobs to offshore or just eliminate them outright

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Lots of my friends from industry are getting laid off or worse (rebadged to Cognizant).

State school = less entitled and better college football 🙌🏻

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