Pros
- Brilliant, thoughtful co-workers who care - Interesting, challenging and highly collaborative work - Amazing design and creative thinking, interdisciplinary growth - High standards and ambition - Incredibly generous benefits (healthcare, PTO, etc.) - Compensation equity (clear bands, external audit for biases) - Hybrid work / work from anywhere - Reliable tools to make work easier (IT, platforms, workspaces etc.) - Surprisingly robust internal teams (people, talent, ops, etc.)
Cons
- People care a lot, which means things can feel and get too personal - Projects focus on big, thorny issues, which can be high stakes / high stress for clients and teams - Lack of relative perspective / experience and limited outside exposure make it hard to benchmark progress and challenges within the firm - Consulting is a demanding service business, hours can be long - Intentions are consistently good, but don’t always translate to the desired impact - Structures and approaches benefit self-starters, which is especially hard in a hybrid environment
