When are consulting firms gonna realize that they will have lower turnover if they listen to their talent and staff them on engagements that are interesting to them? Happy Employees = High Productivity

Just got staffed on a long-term project I had said I'm not interested in. Guess I have to start applying to jobs.

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The majority of the work that we do is not super interesting. That’s why clients hire us. Someone has to do the work.

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This, I was stuck in bug fixes and manual data load nightmare in my last job.

Had to change jobs cause managers were super unhelpful.

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When you are gonna realize those firms are totally fine with the high turnover lol

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Are you me?

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Serious question - assuming that multiple people find the same projects interesting (and the same project uninteresting), how do you recommend that they solve this problem? It seems like a recipe to have certain projects being over staffed, and some projects not having any staff.

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Once upon a time Deloitte used to have a bench and would staff people on projects with more of a focus on fit/interest/ability to deliver whereas now it seems like Deloitte is just looking for warm bodies. Seems like a recipe for high turnover for the foreseeable future.

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Love this OP!

No reason to worry about the high dollar work that’s boring to you, we’ll ask your thoughts before we sign that $10m SOW for something banal.

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Cool. How much of the 10 mil is going to your pocket?

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Instead of checking out, why not talk to your project leadership team? See if you can work with them short term while you jointly find a backfill and more suitable role for you.

Unfortunately, I don't think they'd be open to that. I am at a midsize firm. Plus, they've known all along what my interests are yet this is their second time staffing me on something I don't like.

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