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I see Strategy& as superior to Deloitte S&O by some margin and inferior to MBB by a smaller margin. When I was recruiting, S& was firmly my 4th choice.
Haha my 4th too.lol
It really depends on the market, but S& is at least a tier above vs Deloitte on every market that I know of. S& is also most likely the only T2 firm that is on par with MBB on some markets (e.g. Middle East).
I’d place S& solidly a tier above Deloitte. I know they a lot more than Deloitte, which means they likely have higher bill rates, which means clients are willing to pay more for their services.
The higher bill rate assumption could be false of course if they have much lower margins or are very short staffed all the time
As others said depends on the vertical and maybe function. S& is firmly a T2 on the same level as OW in most verticals and ATK / LEK in certain other niches (supply chain/ops and CDD respectively)
I don't think the margin between us and firms like D and ACN Strategy is as great in clients' eyes as it is in the partners, however
The 3rd party recruiter told me Corporate Strategy
Is there a particular industry focus? Pharma? CPG? Etc
Super interesting as to why Strategy& is compared to D, vs. Monitor brand of D. Similarly, compare to Parthenon brand of EY.
S4 at lower level we are on par, post Manger they are above TC wise
Rebrand #2. "S&" NOW, "Didn't get a call back from my final rounds at MBB" 🤣😂🤣😂 we are on par with ATK, OW and LEK in the US. Like others have said we probably rotate as number 4 depending on practise etc. When it comes to Operations work though, we kick some MBB ass any time, any day.