Longest bench time anyone has seen or heard of at your respective companies before the person found a new company or was asked to leave?

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Personally spent 4 months and it was glorious - i could write a book on how to lay low

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1 year

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Spent 5 months on the bench. Was horrible.

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I know someone at EY that was on the bench 11 months..

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...and was never asked to leave

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Protiviti = new boutique rising to power ? 🤔

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Dang I wish I had seen these responses before I quit consulting

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1 year at KPMG

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10 months. But they knew the right people in leadership. That's definitely not common.

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1 year at KPMG in 2006

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7 months at my first consulting company right out of college, 3 months to start at my current place

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5 minutes and the horrific exit "ceremony" was very uncomfortable to witness. Luckily they founded Snapchat shortly after, despite being non-utilized trash.

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I was on the bench 3 months when I first started.

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I heard of 7 months at S&. And many S& associates with 3-6 months.

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Can't be serious M1.....at Deloitte the longest I've seen is 2 months for a new joiner

5 months

I heard of new EH's going for 6-8 months

I've seen 3-4 for new hires

Off and on 7 months total

Define boutique

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