Offer from Slalom as a solution owner on cross market team. Never consulted before but have 10yrs experience and am planning on getting pregnant this year. Does it make sense to move to consulting?

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I am not at Slalom but at my company you have to be an employee for a year to be able to take full amount of paid parental leave. So I definitely echo the benefits point - make sure you’re good with benefits or negotiate that.

In terms of whether you can do it, only you know. I was fine through my pregnancy and raising a kid but it was definitely not easy. Traveling was very hard for me in the first year. I would suggest getting very specific about your responsibilities, travel expectations, team and how many you have directly reporting to you that you can count on and where they’re based.

Good luck on the job and the baby!

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Well, I heard Slalom is very good with work-life balance and no travel/teleworking. I think you can make it work, but definitely take a look at their benefits.

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Careful with cross market - they are the exception to the no travel rule, unless you are full time at a local delivery center, or a few other assorted exceptions.

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They are kicking off a local delivery/ cross market team here but from what I understand there is possible regional travel

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