What are the best strategy firms for quality of work and hours in London (MBB + LEK, OW, Kearney, OCC. etc and good boutiques - Altman Solon, delta etc.)? Or is 60hrs just the norm?

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Most strategy firms average between 50-60 hours a week. Certain practises such as public sector can be less and others such as PE/PIPE can be more

In terms of quality of work , nothing beats MBB. Bain/BCG probably better culture/people than Mck

In london specially, OC&C , OW and Kearney are top tier 2

Altman is heavily focused on TMT DD/CDD. Delta is a complete mess and was recently bought by FTI

OC&C good for TMT/Retail and pay very well/great culture and benefits including an option of 1 month unpaid leave a year as as you hit manager (no questions asked)

OW great brand. Can’t speak much for Kearney

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~55 hours at Bain.

OW and OC&C both very good. Probably the best outside of MBB, but limited in terms of the sectors they work in

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Strategy & is definitely up there too & good wlb but pay hasn't increased for a while

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How does OC&C compare to Altman Solon they both seem to have a strong TMT group?

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Personally I’ve done about 60% strategy work in my time here, noting that the last few months have been heavily deals focused

Is 60 hours really the norm? For mbb i had always heard way worse.

I’m not in the London office but I am surprised by the hours at BB. My European office averages 65-70 per week. This appeared to be the consensus among other colleagues in the McK bowl.

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I was shocked how good the life is for our UK colleagues. I flew over to help with a mega deal, and they actually fully logged off every weekend.

S1 - are you deals strategy?

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