I'm looking to break into consulting from finance (burn out), and I'm wondering what you consider to be the "creme de la creme" of work/life balance consulting jobs & why?
Also, perhaps you can help me define the consulting service line that fits my preferences:
Client facing &
1) not so much insane excel work
2) not so much client report writing
3) not so stressful
4) not so many hours
5) not IT related
I figure, a line of work similar to those chilled out consulting gigs you hear about from bored consultants of reddit.
Thank you!
Creme de la Creme in consulting world is considered MBB. McKinsey, BCG, Bain are these firms, and they mostly do management (strategic) consulting. However, job involves excel with long stressful hours. Then comes, tier 2 magement consulting firms (Oliver Wymen, Strategy&, Roland Berger). About hours and stress I don't know but I guess they same or close to MBB. Then, there are tech consulting firms such as, Accenture and IBM. But you are not interested in IT. There are also Big 4 firms (KPMG, EY, PwC, Deloitte). They do a lot of things starting from implementation, audit, risk, IT, deals etc. They also have long hours. Additionally, there are strategy/business development arms within large corporations. I guess, the less stress and short hours are there. About small consulting firms and freelance consulting I don't know much.To conclude, consulting is in the professional services industry alongside with IB and Law. And professional services despite considered "prestigious", paying well, and havin good exit opts, are stressful and have long hours.
if you do strategy consulting, you're going to work toooooo fucking much
come join us in the world of big 4 MC/TC... less interesting work but way fewer hours
i'm a big 4 mc manager and make pretty good money while working 40-50 hours most weeks (yea every now and then i work 60 but i have literally never in my life worked 80)