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Got a random email from a supposed Amazon recruiter for a SDE position (which is not at all a fit). The email is amazon.com domain and there are no red flags in the body but it doesn't feel like an Amazon recruiter due to the tacky signature, etc. Has anyone seen this kind of cold-calling from FAANG recruiter?
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My wife started as an M at Accenture earlier this year coming from industry. I’ve never worked at Accenture or any b4, but I had to explain to her how up or out works. She also didn’t know that she came in with 24 months at level and what that meant. Really surprised none of this was communicated during hiring or by her manager.
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Most consultants are 22-26 years old and haven’t done anything other than consulting. Status whoring is a part of the insecure overachiever archetype that consultancy seems to draw
I think it is more about why people joined consulting. If I wanted staff Aug I'd be in industry again. I want to be in dynamic environments solving really complex problems and consulting usually gives that to me. Staff aug positions probably wont
Do you actually solve complex problems? I’ve been in FS MC for 5 years and there’s nothing complex about it. Half the time I feel as though we’re hired to advise on issues that our clients simply can’t bother to to read up on.
Maybe my experience is very niche, but complex problem solving is definitely not how I would put it.
We haven't had a recession in over a decade. Most of us hadnt even started working in 2008.
Recession is the only time Staff Aug is appealing, because the benefit of steady chargability vs the very low oppo cost of career growth from more impactful & educational projects. Even then, the folks who got to do restructuring, cost take out, bankruptcy, M&A, etc project work, had a great time with it. Change is good. But your chance of getting those may be tougher simply because there's less $ floating around so less people can be staffed on those projects.
During the last decade there was a ton of change and growth, if you were on staff Aug for even a year, your skills deteriorated and you likely should've learned on the side.
(I'm speaking in the context of Tech. Likey same for other industries?)
But yes, I agree. I'm looking for long-term projects now. And if I consider job oppos. Going to be looking for very stable, maybe countercyclical business models. Nothing is going to happen until Election day, til then we're insured.
False. I do not work long hours nor to I have low pay. It’s about WLB. Chill work, sometimes staff aug, sometimes not. But I’m pretty happy.
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I'm surprised that Slalom still has a staff aug reputation. I know that's where they started but over the last 5 or so years, i have seen them at a number of Fortune 50 clients and none of the work was staff aug.
Now i don't see them doing strategic work or anything like that but to me they look no different from Accenture or Cognizant or IBM or the B4.
Is the staff aug at smaller clients or smaller markets?
SC2 has it. Client dependant. I’ve never had an issue when I’ve asked to work from home. I’ve never made it a consistent practice, but if you’ve got a particular circumstance, we usually accommodate pretty wel
Buddy, staff aug at Capco could literally be you sitting in a dark damp basement, factory resetting an enormous stack of smartphones. For 6 months straight.
You have quite the imagination. While Capco does it’s fair share of staff aug, my experience has been almost exactly the same as my time with EY but with higher compensation.
It is about prestige but if you can rise and make more money or have better wlb, go for it.