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I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!!
Sorry, I thought this was a venting thread. Are we switching topics? Would you like it to be a pity thread? Here we go...
I've come up from trash - literally. I ate trash for 6 months at one point growing up. My family was dirt poor and after being too proud to beg for three years, we went on food stamps. I was homeless at one point, my dad raped me for 2 years and killed himself when I was 17. My mom died in a drinking and driving accident after she and I went celebrating my 21st bday and the bartender gave her keys back when I wasn't looking. I support my hoarder grandmother, who is in failing health, financially and emotionally. I have two siblings who only come around when they need money. I put myself through college - even when my loans scholarships and grants didn't cover it. I put 1/3 of my education on a rotation of credit card debt. By some miracle and a shit-ton of hard work, I graduated with dual degrees. I rose up out of that shot and made something of myself. And yes, I have had years at Accenture where I did super well and didn't get that promotion, or didn't get a raise at all. It didn't seem fair. It hurt. But I don't go around expecting my job to give me setting I didn't earn.
My complaint wasn't with people who get screwed over. It was with people expecting something they didn't earn. It was about the "everyone gets a fucking trophy for breathing" mentality. You are not special. I am not special. Our company does the best with what its got. Overall, we are one of the most fair companies to work for - it is much worse elsewhere - and yet we continue to tweak and improve to make it even more fair. Is that rant specific enough for you?
Everyone has a story that will break your heart. Everyone experiences hardship to varying degrees. Get off your high horse about angles, and promptly get fucked by said horse.
I hate how people think of our bonuses like tipping on restaurants in the US. It's somehow expected, regardless of performance? Fuck that. Earn your bonus kids. If we didn't get something to everyone, then those of us who perform would get even more. Stop whining and get good.
An independent consultant to my client is trying to get me to kill him. I'd gladly do it, but it's not a good look.
I am enjoying the bench for once. And it's my birthday! ππ³
There's a ducking fly in my bathroom and I'm irrationally mad at it.
A1, based on your comments, you seem to generalize a lot. Lots of hard working people get screwed at the end of the year, not because they are not good, but because of politics. You did well? Good for you! Now do everyone a favor and try to see the world from more angles than the little corner you stand in before bitching about everyone else.
Accenture is the Model S of the top tier consulting industry
My issue is more with these kids feeling like having a pulse and an Accenture badge for 12 months is some kind of entitlement to get a bonus.
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A1 ππΌ
Happy birthday bae π€ where's the party ππ
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@ACN1 EY doesn't give bonuses to 1-2 (lowest rating) and we still get shit bonuses. So I'm not sure you'd be better off unfortunately.
At 400k strong, I'd like to think if we reserved $$ only to top performers, it'd look a little better. I mean I did fine last year. 16% bonus, non promo year was hotness. We do better in the strat group though.
16% in strategy is pretty generous.
4% bonus here...
Yea, top performer, and it was a good year for my group. I don't feel like I need more for myself, I just feel like we need to change the mentality that bonuses are a given. They shouldn't be.
@A1 - don't assume they're a "given". There are people who bust their ass and are thought highly of who get F'd at year end
@OP - for venting, explain to me how keeping a BASIC tracker is so difficult for others. No formulas, just accurate data entry, is apparently too much to ask