I’ve been in consulting for 2 months and I just got approached by a recruiter for a job paying twice what I make at BCG. Wtf lol I have no idea what I’m doing why are you offering all this money?

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Posting as :
works at
You are currently posting as works at

I missed the part where they actually offered you money

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Is it a recruiter that is just going for volume and blasting everyone that comes up on a BCG LinkedIn search? I find that recruiters sometimes don’t target very precisely

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My net worth is $500 and I just got a letter offering $1M personal loan!

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Take the money and run.

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Is it for consulting or industry?

You've got the BCG tag.

They respect those 3 words not you

Hilarious.
I have no clue what I am doing.
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BCG

Send him/her our way

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