Trying to staff west coast project (S&O) there's literally not one senior consultant available. Why did we lay so many people off last year, need to turn down projects now due to lack of staff

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I'll take my job back... 😔

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Sometime I feel Deloitte S&O is mostly staff augmentation for CxO / SVP

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There's a few payer/providers and M&A projects like that, but they are rare, and you only get stuck on them if you don't have a network. I've never worked a project that wasn't strategy or operations.

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My buddy from the DC office is moving to San Diego in August and looking for projects

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What service line? I know an SC available next week.

I'm free next week too from Central.

OP - I can feel your pain.. technology has the same issue.. BTW I know a experienced hire senior who joined recently in SO. He is based out of LA. Send me your burner email and I will get you connected

Have you gone to the staffing manager yet? I know there are several SCs on the bench right now, including me.

@D4 the Yale SOM guy from Mexico mbb?

If it's less shitty than the project I'm currently on, I'll take it 😩

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