I had a first interview, and being put through to the next round. The job role didn't have a salary range, and based on some research, I said I was looking for 80k. Turns out that was the bottom of the range, and I should have asked for higher. What would you do?
Hot take: Unless you are in MBB or select tier 2, I don’t think consulting in London is worth doing long term. Every other tier (Big 4, specialist, or tier 3) is only fair to do a few years before exiting to a brand name in the industry or into MBB/ brand name tier 2. Why: Outside the top tier, pay is not competitive despite hours. Path to partnership is increasingly uncertain. Even as Partner at a smaller firm/big 4, the effort to pay ratio is not great. Thoughts?
Hey, for some reason I’ve been kicked out of the Deloitte uk bowl so will ask here… I’m contemplating moving op units. How should I approach this so that I don’t burn any bridges? The op unit I’d potentially like to move to is currently hiring, but they might not hire me so I don’t want to apply and then not get it and my op unit knowing that… Thanks in advance helpful people :)
As a consultant (3 YOE) is it normal to find majority of my colleagues incompetent / lacking basic common sense? Is it a sign I am I in the wrong firm / profession? I really don't mean to be arrogant / rude but I can't help but find it mind boggling how some of my colleagues manage to get this far and consider them borderline con artist. Is this a normal feeling?
What would you do in my situation? I’m doing some mentoring on the side (volunteering) to help students break from academia to consulting. While it’s largely fulfilling, there is one student who quit the mentorship program halfway because he was no longer interested in the career path, citing his own word: “your jobs will all be replaced by AI soon” 🤣. Fast forward couple months, he’s trying to reconnect and ask for help designing deck and case studies etc. Would you offer to help or ghost?
Go for it, just say you're in process for other roles too and for this role to be competitive you'd need the salary to be xyz, and that you'd like this role and looking to see if there's wiggle room
Good idea! Also true
I was thinking of recalibrating if and when the offer of the second interview comes through, saying I'm targeting X due to Y. Is that a good idea?