Maybe I am pessimistic but this hot market has me suspicious. A year ago, all these consulting firms laid off a significant chunk of people. Whose to say, they won't make another short sighted decision and screw everyone again?

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They likely will. They don’t care.

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^this. Do what’s right for you. Loyalty and consulting don’t go well together

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Not true. Last year firms dumped their loyal long time employees without any regard to the strength of their network or their pay. Convincing yourself to be happy with lower pay is a 🤡 move

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If your numbers are good you’ll be fine. If not, look out. No different than any other time.

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Why do you think I got myself staffed on a ~2 year project? I’m new replaceable and still learning. I think a lot of people should be concerned

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Feeling the same. We just had the best first quarter in our history but our 12 month pipeline looks... not great. Meanwhile we’re drastically ahead of our hiring plan.

Lots of people and potential for not lots of work? Perfect!

The market is going to be strong for a few years. Most importantly you’ll need to build a strong network and sales.

I'd recommend looking for firms that didn't decide to cycle through staff during the pandemic... Layoffs really ought to be the last resort in a consulting firm since the product that we sell is billable hours. If I lay off staff that's otherwise performing, I just have less inventory to sell when demand increases - and consulting was never hit as bad as the predictions expected.

We didn’t lay off people we just have so much work now

EY didn’t lay any consultants off during COVID.

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