Will Consulting Firms match IB pay bumps?

Recently IB firms from across the street have been raising pay. Will MBB caliber firms follow suit or is this change just going to effect investment banking due to the unique exit opps / work-life issues that the job has?

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Seems unlikely. Strategy consulting pay has never necessarily been competitive with IB and has always offered a different value proposition altogether, so I don't see why MBB would feel the need to match them right now. I also imagine that this recent push in junior pay partially stems from the recent public scrutiny that the entire investment banking industry has received regarding its treatment of junior folks, which consulting firms have not experienced nor need to respond to.

 

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