What would you prefer? Option 1: Partner level at a tier 4 consulting firm (Capgemini, IQVIA, IBM...) or Option 2: Sr Manager / Principal level at tier 2 firm (Strategy&, Alixpartners, Parthenon ...)

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Option 2. Better to be a small fish in a big pond than a big fish in a small pond.

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Option 2. Unless you're aging and ready to retire soon, and shouldn't be using this app xD. Otherwise you'll still make partner at Tier 2

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i think i would prefer option 2, even though this isn’t a realistic comparison. the firms in option 1 do way different stuff, by and large, than in option 2.

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Option 1. I’ve seen plenty of those partners cross over into tier 2. And it’s been accelerating as analytics and strategy converge.

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Also something like 75% of Senior managers never make partner.

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Easy choice, option 2

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I'm ex-IBM, horrible place to work. Don't know much about IQVIA but from all the data points available Capgemini is even worse

IBM is tier 4?

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Tier nothing they're a product company. That's like saying a cloud provider's professional services arm is a consulting firm.

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1, i think

1. No question. I value culture and work life balance more than the logo on my business card

Comparative to most of the T2s P1. Broader PWC is not a T2 firm

I would take option 1

I think that making it to partnership is an amazing accomplishment at any firm. I know I’m not cut out for it...

Iqvia is good if you are enthu about healthcare

Take Option 1 and build your team and crush it.

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