What’s that one line that a client or supervisor has said to you that crushed your soul?

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McKinsey was better.

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D doesn’t really compete with McK on much so must be BB or a T2

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"My spouse found out about our affair."

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How did it end?

“This is not acceptable, this is not going to give them confidence that our team can handle this. You should be more prepared.”

Said to me when I was 4 months into the job and I misunderstood who was supposed lead a planning meeting lol.

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D1, lucky you - I got the same comment 6 days into the new project, after I'd spent all of 30 minutes total with my client, on the phone.
I do NOT miss my Consulting days...

I’ll go next. I submitted my slides, and my Manager said “Wow, I am surprised YOU made these”. Words can actually hurt.

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Actually, I think I liked the first version of this you made. Can you revert? (After I pulled an all-nighter to make a new version)

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After presenting a deck to main sponosor - "To be honest, I am underwhelmed"

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Lol how did that work out?

“Someone in this room is crazy and it’s not me”
( it was just me and the client director in the conference room )

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Only a crazy person would say that.

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I said what we can and cannot do .
Client looking at his peer : we need to hire smart people

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I'm pregnant

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*requests a home office switch*

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