I’ve been in consulting for 6 years and am still struggling to find my tribe. This is lonely and depressing, but also career-limiting, as I have no senior sponsors. I feel like I should give up on consulting.

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Just switch firms and get a pay bump and a sponsor. If you haven’t found your tribe in 6 years at Deloitte it’s hopeless. If it was a year or two then I would advise you to keep trying.

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Sometimes you may just not click places. I’ve had jobs where I didn’t click or have a tribe and they weren’t enjoyable...have been lucky here so far and at my last job to not have that problem but maybe it’s time for a new environment!

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You HAVE TO find that tribe man. Its everything in our world.

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OP, your YOE and title/level?

I’ve often felt the same.

I commend you for being able to not get fired for 6 years without a tribe, you must have some extreme value.

What’s a tribe?

I believe it’s like a group of people you always work with who then you know you’re all going to work together and get good reviews from each other, so helps for reviews as well as getting staffed

You definitely need to find a sponsor. I’d switch firms, groups, etc until you find someone who believes in you.

I’m surprised OP lasted 6yrs at D without finding his core tribe tbh

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