@MBB folks: How do you guys handle the lifestyle? How long do you plan to stay on?

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Curious why you asked just MBB? I get the impression we have it better than most other firms. I feel like it'd be much easier to stay here ~5 years than it would be at a lot of other firms. There's a lot of flexibility and pampering and interesting work.

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I'll probably stay for 3-4 years in total. As long as you set boundaries and have good managers, it's not an impossible life to live. You just have to make working out/sleeping/seeing friends a priority and make sure your managers know it

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Whatever I want

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I'm reading this fucking post at 12:45 on the way back from airport on a flight I did not get any sleep, to answer emails and join a call in six hours because every fucking person wants to live in a different time zone.

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Shoot, I wish I could spend six months on the beach like some of the Big4s that've posted here

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Plus i think Big4 beach is probably Maldives or Fiji beach, McKinsey beach is Mogadishu beach...

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I had the best beach week. Staffing thought I was on vacation so they didn't send any client dev work my way. And now, I'm off for my week long vacation!

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Alternating travel and local has been helpful. I give myself 2 more years though...

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Definately set boundaries - just do what works for you and it will probably work for the firm too - and stayed on until 2 weeks ago (transition time ☀️🏄⛳️🏞👊)

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Still getting fired at

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And then what?

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Well... 5 years and counting here. Did a bit of jumping around (originally from an European office, then moved to Africa for a year and a half, now @ US for over a year). I believe the trick is to get your priorities straight - both for yourself as well as for your teams. The Firm tends to accommodate them.

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@BCG3 - Maybe your reality is different than mine. We work crazy hours at an intense pace, are sleep deprived , and no pampering (curious how you get pampered?) Why would anyone want to live like this?

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Aiming for 3-4years at least. Lifestyle has been very manageable. For me the key driver is dependent on how difficult the travel is to/from client. Sure, during the week we work pretty hard but I'm okay with it as long as my weekends are protected and they have been so far.

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Who wants to drink away these sorrows on sat in DC?

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All that said... I do believe we have it good!! Nowhere else would we be so challenged and "blessed" with interactions with such interesting people. Not complaining at all - here cause I freaking love it!

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Can you not push back on your ED? That sounds absurd--would love to add this guy to my "do not work with" list

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Dude just take PTO. Nobody tracks it. I take a week after every study even if it's not to take a trip somewhere

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That makes sense.

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