On a project I love with a team I love but just don't feel fulfilled. Is consulting always going to be like this?

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You can pick your nose, but you can't pick your engagement team

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No, it won't always be like this. You'll be in teams that you hate doing shittier work eventually. Get out while you can

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Yeah, maybe for your next project you can find a non-profit. That way the work feels like it matters more.

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I don't feel like I'm actually doing something that matters besides making the company money.

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#millenialproblems

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It's not about soul or not. Unless you're doing something morally wrong, your soul is not implicated. Most people do not do jobs that "make a difference." The cab driver driving me home right now isn't "making a difference" except to how soon I get to eat dinner. Consulting allows you to aspire to making a difference, but you rarely can as a junior consultant.

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Honestly this is the main reason I like being fed. I feel like the work for the government often does actually impact people

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You like your team and you like your work... Now you're sounding a little bratty to be honest

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OP I felt the same way - switched to public sector.... Tbd how that will work out for me :) I say get good quality experience working with huge complex corporations and then quit to do something else maybe work for a non profit start up. Maybe even though you feel like it doesn't matter now the experience is good for doing something that will matter to you at some point!

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Anytime OP!

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what is not right? Not challenging enough? No growth opp?

Lol e1. That made me laugh so hard

@OW sorry I have a soul

@pwc1-correct. Op-it is a soul destroying job. At least start looking at other options.

Any suggestions? I like the work, just want it to matter

That isn't the point of my post, sorry. Maybe I should have explained more. Everything is great but I want to do something where I impact people who need it. Not just a client who is paying millions. Consulting is fun, makes me think and develops me. Will I always feel like this and have others been there?

I feel like the easy answer here is go into nonprofit work, but I think that seeing the corruption behind the scenes and the funds roll up into a bloated staffs compensation with 1% allocated to the actual cause would be even more discouraging

PwC1.... what's probably so true.

Life in general is that way.

We have a ton of probono work and Deloitte supports skill based volunteering there is more than one way to make a difference. We don't just give money to organizations we give skills, wounded warrior, Red Cross, Free the Slaves. It's all there if you look.

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