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Hi there, I’ve been told that Deloitte (London, UK) is going to make me an offer but haven’t heard back and it’s been over two weeks. The recruiter mentioned it would be around the “m2 grade”. Any idea what this pay range is? … I have 3 YOE working in NHS finance and have applied for a position in Risk Advisory, public sector. Curious what life at Deloitte is like? Does a work life balance exist?
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Consulting in itself is a quite broad area. Each firm is strong in its own area like pay and reputation with the others having better progression and clients. Best is relative always ha ha … go for what matters to you ? I’m not from Deloitte but can say Deloitte checks off for most and EY and PwC for some … but there are others areas like WLB, team and culture, etc … which matter too. Go for what matters to you and speak to people for referral.
I have friends who work at all of the B4 firms and one thing that I think PwC does really well is how it builds teams that are cross-competency (strategy, ops, deals, data) and territory (PwC UK, US, DE).
PwC if you include their S& and their Deals practice then Deloitte then EY then KPMG
B4 is not so relevant to the UK consulting landscape. Capgemini made huge strides on the latest edition, plus there are some very respectable smaller shops like Baringa, and others.
Lol Capgemini
Accenture. Pay, repo, wlb - Blows big4 out of the water.
I think it’s time Accenture is added and the name refreshed to Big 5.. don’t you guys think? Looking at the FT rankings, looks like except for M&A Accenture tops the list everywhere! (And no I don’t work for Accenture)
You mean when Arthur Andersen spun off Andersen Consulting and they then changed their name?
S&/EYP > Deloitte > PwC > EY > KPMG
EY was never really good at tech consulting however I think the differential is not significant between big 4.
Consulting is a general term. Strategy consulting IS NOT management consulting and with the exception of b4 strategy arms (monitor, s&, EYP), all the big four are the same. Same shit different name (source: I was at b4)
Industry/Practice specific
Going by FT rankings, I'd say Deloitte > PwC / KPMG > EY
FT rankings don't really mean anything
Which focus area within consulting ?
Deloitte partially because they are the only ones that did not get rid of their consulting practice back in the Enron days
I’ve just returned to consulting from industry and from a client view, I can confirm that my experience aligns with what has largely been already said (excluding pure strategy). That is:
Deloitte > PwC > EY > KPMG
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Is monitor Deloitte still a thing? Is there a pay diff between normal Deloitte and monitor?
Yup and yup
Accenture
Except that Accenture isn’t in the big 4