Moving from Consulting to Industry, and back to Consulting, within a span of 12-18 months. Goal: 40-50% pay hike. Good or bad strategy?

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Wonderful strategy. Anything which gives you a hike of 40-50% in 12-18 months has to be a wonderful strategy.

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Good luck with that

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that's a long when you're in your twenties haha, but yeah I feel like I'd rather spend an extra year at higher price industry better hours and move back as a sa3 and not even have to worry about making manager for a couple years

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More to life than money

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Yes

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Once I make senior at PwC that's the plan here too, since that flats associate bonus is crap anyway

Yeah honestly I'm more or less doing the same lol. Not sure what's so difficult about that. Spend 18 months in industry then moving back. So what?

P4 I am Sa3. Not a bad strategy.

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