Who here has a life goal of becoming partner? Aside from compensation looks like a miserable existence.

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I sparred with a large company CFO on his cost approach over a dinner with my partners, spent time with a Congressman on US competitiveness, discussed civics education effort with a successful founder who is now in public Board, had a roll out meeting with the client team at the end of a strategy project, traded emails with some teams on automated freight.

While I may be a little burnt from the adrenaline of the day; someone I do say to my family; I actually get paid to work with cool people all day.

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I do not have that life goal...pay is good...existence is miserable...and I lead a life like P1 describes. Many of those "cool people" actually aren't so much.

But, you should become a partner so there's someone to pay my pension!

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It is, and I don't want it

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Maybe I'm missing something... I do!! 🙋 Currently manager and wouldn't stay here if I weren't aiming for the top!!

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It’s a goal, not a life goal. Life goal is financial independence and early retirement

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Still don’t get the miserable part. Most partners I know have local travel, make anything between 700k and 3M and work 50-60hours

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One of my partners said the Big 4 is the greatest Ponzi scheme on the planet 🤣

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I recently learned that terrible grammar won't obstruct my path to partner. (Source, this thread)

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Agree with D1. Even if they work 60 hours, the work they do is actually interesting. Not the bullshit PPT making us peons do.

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Agreed with P1, not miserable at all, it’s a question of preferences. It is often draining and can be very stressful, but then again what we’ll paying job is not. If you like the work, it is a really fun job!

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A.T. Kearney 4. I am one of your partners ;).

1. As your kids get older, they don’t want you around but 4 year old little girl crying when she sees the back set down by the door will kill you. The biggest loss of the informal time you grab when your kid walks by after football practice for a quick chat. You have to make that happen.

2. Focus on accounts and take the risk to do so in your area. This is a big risk, but it can be done as you move up in the firm. As you approach partner, take that risk.

3. Connect what you love to do in your personal life with firm and client network. You then will be able to lessen the impact of the balance between you, the firm, and your family but making the first two a bit of a two for one.

4. Recognize that this job is actually easier than some other lives. It is not as personal or as emotional as when you are having to met payroll, when those 2000 people you just did the analysis to cut are people who have worked with you for 10 years, etc. it ain’t greener.

5 love the best parts of it

This is not for everyone and there are tradeoffs.

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@A1 - spot on... #goal definitely not #life goal. Much more to life than work!!!

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Yeah I’m all about that Partner life. shaking hands and editing proposals? The dream.

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^true dat, it's a pyramid and you guys need us to keep the machine moving

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The other Ps nailed it. It has its miserable aspects but most of us would be much more miserable in a corporate role. It's pretty cool to talk in an unstructured way about clients' big issues and to be trusted to problem solve. Also cool to help others climb the hill--ATK1, make sure your relationship partners know your aspirations. It's never to early to start thinking about what it takes...it probably won't happen without a plan.

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Also. More thoughts, less doing. Yeah. That sounds about right.

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I know a partner who is great at not being miserable. Mostly because he or she allows their misery to pass through to all others.

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Deloitte 3. My life and my work are not balanced but integrated. I am sure on any given day one of my 6 kids would like me to be a better father and I certainly have days where I would like to be, but on balance, the answer is yes. I am able to be active in many parts of my integrated life.

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Sounds like a lot of bs to slog through , all for the sake of being able to say you spend time with "important" people

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Lol ATK4 was thinking the same thing

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