Senior Associate, top 5 MBA, 10+ YE, 1.8 YE in consulting, will not make EM this cycle but apparently pretty close. Thinking about trying out in MBB, mainly McK, and mainly due to brand. Advice?

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If you want to do it, better now than later. If you make EM you would likely transfer at one level below that. You're better to make the transition now or stick it out at OW, which is also a great firm.

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I’ve seen managers from our firm leave for manager positions at MBB. It’s not always a downlevel

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Of course it depends on tenure. A Senior Manager with significant experience might not, but it's unlikely a new EM gets a lateral.

Ironically bcg will lateral you in but if you got an mba and recruit in they’ll recruit you at associate level

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OW neither of the points you said are correct. BCG will typically pull you down one level as a lateral, but MBAs are recruited as consultants, not associates

I don’t need to ask around, I’ve worked in the NYC office for 6 years and am on our CDC - it is very rare to lateral from a non M/B competitor to the same level, unless you have a very specific hard expertise. Generalists almost always do a hybrid - like EM down to our C, but with 12mo of tenure

BCG1 quick clarification - OW1 is saying Associate level because Associate is the post-MBA position at OW.

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