Consulting Exit Opportunities

Anyone else struggling to get a new job? I’ve been in consulting for 10 years and funding it very hard to leave it. It’s been 6+ months and over 100 apps with no offers. I don’t know if this is normal...

Question for the group: Has anyone here taken a midlife/adult gap year or sabbatical? I'm excited (and a little nervous!) to start one soon – self-funded, between roles as I determine my next career ...

Thoughts on Chief of Staff roles? Are they an actual career or just a PM position?

Google S&O or PE ops? Both AI-related roles. Google base + bonus + stock is slightly more than PE base + bonus, excluding carry which is long dated. Google is closer to frontier AI, PE ops is value cr...

Received an offer but now having second thoughts. Is there a polite way to convey to a recruiter that you've gotten cold feet after receiving an offer (in line with the number you asked for) without c...

Struggling to decide whether to return to MBB post MBA or join a startup where I’d do interesting work and have a great senior title with lots of responsibility. Comp is nearly identical with equity a...

These days … any role I am applying for, I am getting rejected without getting any interviews, and I am well qualified for the positions I am applying for. Is anyone else in the same situation? How ...

1-page or 2-page resume? (10+ YOE)

Working for MBB but struggling with health, sleep etc. Thinking of joining Google (sadly right before making manager- 1 yr away). but of course had I left as manager total comp and role would have be...

Bro...why am I in consulting? Saw an article Milbank and other law firms raised their entry level salaries for associates... Ranging from $235,000 for juniors to $455,000 for seniors.

7 years out of undergrad (ivy league business program), ~4 years in MBB, then ~2 years on the internal strategy team at a major philanthropy, now ~6 months in strategic partnerships at a startup. Got...

Got an offer from Big 4 firm as SM in tech consulting. Have been at current job for over 12 years and now a director at mid tier firm. With base and bonus, total comp is pretty comparable. If I retire...

Interested in exiting to a remote position that I can do internationally so I can take advantage of the various nomadic visas that exist in the world. Has anyone done this and or know of companies tha...

For those who left consulting and were making $300k+ in TC did you have to take a pay cut? What role did you leave for? And did you go to a public company or privately held company?

Anyone willing to sell 100K marriott points? Buying from 5 different people please PM me! Will pay $700 for 100k each

Hi all. My mental health is in a terrible situation. I need to apply for short term disability leave. My current psychiatrist is not willing to fill the paper work citing it creates additional work, b...

Do y’all wait to notify your current job until the new job’s background check is completed and you receive your official start date? Or do you go ahead and notify them and give your two weeks when you...

What offer to accept: 1) AI- Lead Director level role at a small tech startup company. TC $250k or 2.) Manager level at Bain in TMT strategy for $270k. Obviously Bain is better comp and is Bain but do...

What percentage of consultants have gone through PIP? What’s your opinion on it?

How and when do you disclose in interviews that you were let go from your last job after being placed on a PIP? Do you have to disclose it at all? Do they even ask? And can I frame why I left in a way...