The total comp of a manager at my firm doesn't even match the base salary of an incoming MBA at MBB/T2 firms. And my wlb still just isn't much to speak of.

Boutique is not the way, people.

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At my boutique entry level M salary was towards the top band of SM at PwC. Huge variation in boutique pay

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What kind of boutique?

Well, botique is vague and there are boutiques that compete with these firms. If a M is around those levels at your firm….indicative of the firm you’re at

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My boutique paid 25% less than Accenture but we worked 37.5 hour weeks, with comp time for over time. We got bought by Accenture during the pandemic, and I would trade the raise for my old WLB in a second

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It’s worse in Cognizant, a manager level promotion gets you merely 7% hike and even with that “hike”, it’s still not even half of what a incoming MBA hired at the same designation (with no prior real world experience) gets.

And then they have town-hall meetings discussing ways to stop attrition.

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Lol you think big4 (and even MBB) is any different?

My boutique paid more than we do here. Just took the paycut to get McK on the resume but thinking about going back

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Which boutique? I am keen

You think comp is bad at your firm, you haven't even begun to see how bad it can be! Trust me.

What does your working week look like? MBB isn’t great for WLB…

BCG1 is here to patronize not read

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Boutique here. We pay more than MBB.

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