“I became a Consultant to lead a glam life — stay in the best hotels, fly first class with upgrades, stack up the miles, and eat at the best restaurants worldwide. If that’s going away, I’m outta here!” - Consultant1 on a popular app Can’t say I blame C1 here…

I spent a decade working for 2 of the Big-4 Management Consulting firms at various levels and grew from a Consultant to Senior Manager (1 step short of Partner) in the process. I pivoted to Consulting after my MBA (Finance/Strategy) and having worked 8 years as a Chartered Accountant in…

When I joined a Big-4 consulting firm in the U.S., my plan was to get promoted in 2 years, get the experience and get out. I did NOT want to make Partner and I was VERY clear about having a life and a family. I had already worked at a…

“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know” — Partner at Big 4 Let’s just get the elephant out of the room, shall we?. I know everybody hates networking but if you are to achieve any degree of success in consulting, you just have to make friends with it. …

This is not a sob story. It is a story about how you think you may want something, but what you need may be completely different. This is the story of my wife. In 2013, I joined a Big 4 Consulting firm in the U.S. when I was 4 months…

I remember calling my boyfriend on the first day that I started my Consulting career. I had just completed my MBA and joined a Big-4 Consulting firm. I was at the welcome party for new consultants — standing in a corner in tears…. ”I can’t do this”…. ”it’s too much…