Looking to exit consulting with my key desire being work life balance. I'm going for Business Analyst roles and want to check I'm not likely to be jumping into a similar environment? (aware some of it will be dependent on company but in general do BAs have good WLB?)

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Like you said, depends on the company but in general BAs come into play when a new project/product is being built/rolled out or an existing one is being modified. So the role entails requirements gathering, a ton of meetings/workshops, a lot of coordination. Can get tough in more intense projects/industries (consulting) but by and large decent-ish (40 hours) in non-consulting

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