What is the best piece of advice someone has ever given you?

How to overcome a breakup. I'm heartbroken 😭

Welcome! Wanted to create a place for triangle-specific whining/musing/connections.

I see there’s been lots of activity here. :)
Anyone up for getting this group off the ground?

Private Equity groups at Oliver Wyman, S&, and EY Parthenon have all invited me to interview. Alix Partners has reached out to build out the Galt Co acquisition. 1. Anyone else who is considering a move to private equity consulting, are you concerned with joining at what could be the peak of M&A? Are these companies being rational in such a hot market when it comes to hiring? 2. Any thoughts on the quality of these teams relative to one another?

Does anyone know what busy season is like at SAX LLP? The role is permanently remote except when needed to go to clients. That seems very broad to me, will I have to commute to clients often?

Hey all, I’m considering a position with KPMG’s Deal Advisory / M&A service line as an M. What are your thoughts on 1) work life balance, 2) business outlook, and 3) culture? The salary is very competitive.

Have you started a new job without taking a break? How was it? I thought I’d have more time to give my notice but the background check took longer than I thought so now I have no wiggle room between my start date and the two week notice.

Biglaw capital markets mid levels, how many hours does it look like you will finish the year at?

For all of the negativity out there I thought it would be nice to see some of the amazing things happening around us: (I’m in the US so that’s where my examples are from.)

Do tech consultants make market rates? Maybe my perception is a bit warped because I’m getting paid 85k 3.5 YOE. Jumping to industry as a software engineer and will make 165k. Are consulting companies just shafting tech folks?

Is it possible to transition from Sales Manager to consulting. Currently making around 100k per year and would like to make a move and potentially make 20-30% more. For context, I have been at my current organization for 4 years and have grown my teams annual revenue from 1,000,000 to over 4,000,000 primarily through improving the culture, processes, and quality

Starting at PwC next year... newly married (Husband) with a kid on the way. How's life going to be with a newborn as a new associate? I'm older (30) and went back to school for my CPA if that matters.

What about legal work is currently causing your mental health struggles?

Mine’s the hours, which is not normally my issue. I billed 230 for June and July and am already at 145 for August. My ability to focus is getting worse by the day, so I’m working longer to bill the same hours and have had to pull a couple all nighters. I burst into tears this morning when a client changed plans and now wants a major project by end of month, on top of my other deadlines next week... I just want to sleep.

Hey everyone, I have been posting about TikTok vs Cepheid about which job offer to take and I have started my first few days at Cepheid biotech and I love it so far. Flexible start/end times, interesting work, great WLB, job security, and career growth is all there! Thank you to everyone who helped me hear different perspectives about two different companies and career paths. Thanks guys!!

Need tips & encouragement for how you have gotten out of a slump in the past. I am 3.5 yrs in and have seen my practice growing (some quarters better than others ), but Q219 has been really tough.

Is VOIS Vodafone calling employees to office yet?? Any official communication happened? Please comment if you have any information.

Yay thanks for starting this bowl!!

Hello Anyone from the Database team available from HSBC pune location

Salary credit timings? Icici bank

For anyone who receives a quarterly bonus or raise in some form, does your employer start to schedule you for less hours when your raise kicks in, or pull you from a future schedule entirely once you receive a bonus; only to put you back on once the hours you would have worked and earned the amount given are passed? Ie; a part time employee getting $200.00 in a quarterly bonus and then not being scheduled a whole week during a bi-weekly pay period where they would have earned more on the clock…?

General practice or specialized center of excellence (CoE)? KPMG Strategy has certain CoEs, one of which I am part of. The TMT general practice hints at wanting to bring me over. What are the pros associated with becoming more of a “generalist”? I’m current in the technology CoE. M level

Any insights for KPMG Strategy - Deal Advisory within the Global Strategy Group (Experiences, Exit Opps, Salary)?

Private Equity groups at Oliver Wyman, S&, and EY Parthenon have all invited me to interview. Alix Partners has reached out to build out the Galt Co acquisition. 1. Anyone else who is considering a move to private equity consulting, are you concerned with joining at what could be the peak of M&A? Are these companies being rational in such a hot market when it comes to hiring? 2. Any thoughts on the quality of these teams relative to one another?

Hey all, I’m considering a position with KPMG’s Deal Advisory / M&A service line as an M. What are your thoughts on 1) work life balance, 2) business outlook, and 3) culture? The salary is very competitive.

Anyone have any insight to what it is like working at M Klein Investment Boutique? Any insight, I know it’s banking so I am not unrealistic, but any honest feedback or things to be careful of would be awesome.

I've been tasked with developing an M&A Integration playbook from scratch (I'm in industry and don't have the library of materials/templates you consultants have). Anyone know where to find a decent example, or resources online to help me build one? We will be bringing in consultants eventually to help review/validate what we put together. TIA!

How would you rank the strategy firms in terms of their private equity consulting practices?

Any insight into TCS M&A group? They reached out offering $200k for an M&A specialist role and would be a significant jump from my current salary. Unsure what they do in M&A space since they focus largely on delivery vs strategy

Is deal flow starting to pick back up? Just started as an FDD analyst and would love to keep my job

Rookie question: Can you get ahold of financial information for Canadian and US private companies for light DD/early screening?

Has anyone done an M&A case study for a Corp Dev position? My interviewer told me it’s going to be a 5hr case study and I am a bit scared...Anyone knows what to expect in these?

Anyone have good resources (online or book) to learn about the finance function?

If I want to transition into M&A from audit, what are some basic things I should consider?

Do industry professionals involved in M&A sign to close and integration work long hours too or do they peace out at 6

Recently left KPMG FDD for another FDD role at a growing firm and love it. PE focused. If you are interested in doing the same shoot me a DM.

Any CDD / M&A Strategy fish willing to chat?

Ok, what does ‘F’ mean

Hey everybody, I work in Healthcare Consulting (9m of prior M&A experience) and have an upcoming PwC Deals Contracts Analytics associate interview next week, any PwC D&T/M&A folks willing to connect, share their experience and provide any insights for nailing the interview?