When hopping from one consulting firm to another what’s the reason you normally give as to why you’d like to leave?

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I have said previously that there was a lot of leadership changes in my team and I am not in agreement with the current team strategy

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Lol... really more money but usually say better projects and growth opportunities.

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This plus also used better wlb as I was doing 80 to 100 hour weeks for almost a year.

“I really don’t like the people in this group”

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Better name and the money

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The truth?

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Hope. (that this will be different)

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