Organizing/politics while at MBB?
Hey everyone, long-time lurker. First off, much appreciation for this forum -- y'all helped me immensely over the past year to bag a FT MBB offer where I'll be starting later this year.
During my time on campus I was heavily involved in civic engagement efforts (and some broader progressive organizing). This is something I'm hoping to continue in anticipation of the upcoming election as well as during my time at MBB.
I was wondering if any firms have explicit or implicit restrictions on being politically active/vocal. For example, would it be fine to serve a public role on a state campaign this cycle? Could I co-found a community organizing initiative after I start?
The Harvard girl getting rescinded from Deloitte is kind of the impetus for my inquiry. I'm not a headass about it but I run a progressive Twitter account with a somewhat substantial following, and my name is attached to other political things.
Not trying to rock the boat at the firm but definitely want to keep up these pursuits on the side (as it's my long-term goal to enter this space). Would appreciate any insights. Thanks!
I think this is a situation where you just have to be smart and use your own judgement. All these places lean left (at least in the age of Trump) but there is still a need to represent in a way that wouldn't offend clients who feel differently.
First, the Deloitte girl is a different story. She wasn't being political. Whether you agree or not, you could easily interpret what she said as a threat. Again, not saying it was or wasn't, but anyone could reasonably interpret it that way.
My MBB would have not let you be active in a campaign or anything like that. In fact even the return offers "technically" went away if you served in a campaign or political office afterwards. That being said some still did and they all were able to come back it just wasn't "guaranteed" because of their choice and there was another step to jump through.
Working for causes during your time there is absolutely okay as long as they aren't controversial. For example, if your cause is something that is relatively non-controversial (e.g., organizing for gay rights, equality) that's likely fine, if its something very progressive (e.g., defunding Israel, organizing for progressive candidates) than likely not.
I would contact your recruiter before hand if you plan on taking any official role (on a campaign or for an org) before you start. After you start, talk to your staffing manager or equivalent. There would be no harm and they would be the one who could flag anything specific not to do. Anyone on this board, including myself who worked at one, can give our best guess, but they are the ones who can say officially.
By return offers going away, are you referring to consultants who voluntarily leave having a standing offer to come back at any point if they want to? Is that common? Or are you referring to the intern --> FT return offer?
The further. It's really common, at least at my firm it was. Basically if you weren't in the bottom ~15% or so, you had it. For each firm its a bit different but I think 2-5 years depending on the place, usually including getting (and paid for) MBA.
For political roles in between, it usually would go away due to conflicts of interest, but it would be more of a handshake agreement.
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