T2 Consulting vs. MBB Back-office
Looking at my options for the future. I have an offer at a T2 firm (LEK, Strategy&, EY-Parthenon) as well as a back-office role at an MBB. The back-office role is a 2 year rotational program in which I will be transferred into regular consulting after the program. What do you guys think I should do considering I come from a non-target?
T2 consulting.
- MBB back office is viewed very differently compared to MBB consulting. The brand name won't give you a leg up here.
- If you want to do MBB consulting, you can always recruit as a lateral hire. And if consulting isn't for you, you'll still have a lot of great exits from T2.
+1 to all of this, and just want to emphasize that this is not even close (I'd honestly recommend B4, boutiques, or a non-consulting job over a back office role). Congrats on getting a T2 offer
In addition to lateral possibility and broadly comparable experience / exits at T2, I want to add two other points - (1) I would never take 'xyz will happen in 2 years' as a guarantee (edit: especially right now as MBB may have overhired recently), (2) the market will not value your back office experience and I'm guessing that the MBB would put you into an entry level role after 2 years if they move you to the main consulting group (again if), so you'll be effectively 2 years behind on your career and development
Is this a thing?
I've never heard of this, but maybe it's something in an emerging economy. If OP is in North America...there's no chance this is true outside of technical teams (e.g., BCG Gamma for data science).
T2 consulting, no question.
Is this a knowledge analyst type role? Or true back office like accounting, IT, etc?
McKinsey Business Fellow Insights
What about McKinsey Solutions Analyst? Is it mostly back-office work?
How does it compare to Deloitte Consulting?
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