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I know everyone loves working from home, but you really are wasting your time in consulting if you’re not networking and learning. Go to the office, go to the happy hour, have unofficial conversations, get a mentor, etc. If you’re only in it for money, and not for growth, you can make more money with 2 remote roles in corporate.
That's pretty crappy advice though because there is no way that is possibly normal
Don’t ruin it for us, a lot of us have no desire whatsoever to go into the office.
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How on earth are you going to build client skills and team skills by working from home and jerking off during lunch
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Depends on how connected you are to your PML/Partner. Staying plugged in with them will expose you to opportunities that can expand your skills and set you up for further promotions
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Yes so much!
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I’m in a similar boat - 6 months in learning a lot but only go in 2x a week due to a 2 hour commute each way. Funny thing is no one really goes into the office
I’m going against the grain and say no. It’s not like pre-Covid, people aren’t really in the office. Nobody is going to care if they see you or not. I would focus on setting up virtual 1:1s or meeting someone in your group in person for lunch or dinner. If you reach out to potential mentors, very rarely would they say no to meeting you. Focus on learning through your client work and get involved with the various initiatives. You’ll build much more meaningful relationships that way instead of saying hi in a hallway
It’s hard to recreate real connection online, but not impossible.
Relationships are how things get done in consulting, especially the more senior you get. The chit chat about weekends, kids, vacations and hobbies is important because it humanises the people you work with, and humanises you to them.
For analysts especially, it becomes obvious at performance review time who has made an effort to meet people and be recognised, and who is a total unknown entity outside of their project team. Even if you don’t come to the office, you want people to know who you are and what you bring to the table. Very hard to climb the ladder without it.
Yeah so when we look at analyst cohorts as a whole, most firms will roughly sort into high performance / meeting expectations / at risk, based on stats like utilisation and contributions (BD), and feedback from managers, clients and peers.
The analysts who are high performers are always well recognised outside of their core projects - so people who have never worked with them know who they are. This could be because they get involved in other stuff (thought leadership, DEI, training, social stuff), they volunteer for random jobs, they have some sort of niche skill set, they present at team meetings, they invest time in meeting other people and leadership, etc.
When someone comes up for discussion and most people go “I don’t know who this person is,” it’s very unlikely they will be considered a high performer.
Yes, depending on what you want to do with your career. Face to face interactions builds relationships, let's people see your talent and personality, allows you to see how leaders behave and exposes you to other areas in the company that may interest you. And, so much more. You have many years left in your career and you wan to be exposed and well rounded.