Consulting Exit Opportunities

Anyone else struggling to get a new job? I’ve been in consulting for 10 years and funding it very hard to leave it. It’s been 6+ months and over 100 apps with no offers. I don’t know if this is normal...

Google S&O or PE ops? Both AI-related roles. Google base + bonus + stock is slightly more than PE base + bonus, excluding carry which is long dated. Google is closer to frontier AI, PE ops is value cr...

Question for the group: Has anyone here taken a midlife/adult gap year or sabbatical? I'm excited (and a little nervous!) to start one soon – self-funded, between roles as I determine my next career ...

Age 28, I have decided to move back home near a new job to save money. I am sick of spending $2,300 on rent every month for a 1 bedroom apartment in DC area. I am committing myself to 1 year living wi...

Working for MBB but struggling with health, sleep etc. Thinking of joining Google (sadly right before making manager- 1 yr away). but of course had I left as manager total comp and role would have be...

These days … any role I am applying for, I am getting rejected without getting any interviews, and I am well qualified for the positions I am applying for. Is anyone else in the same situation? How ...

Received an offer but now having second thoughts. Is there a polite way to convey to a recruiter that you've gotten cold feet after receiving an offer (in line with the number you asked for) without c...

Struggling to decide whether to return to MBB post MBA or join a startup where I’d do interesting work and have a great senior title with lots of responsibility. Comp is nearly identical with equity a...

1-page or 2-page resume? (10+ YOE)

7 years out of undergrad (ivy league business program), ~4 years in MBB, then ~2 years on the internal strategy team at a major philanthropy, now ~6 months in strategic partnerships at a startup. Got...

I barely ever get recruiters reaching out to me on LinkedIn. Been at D for 8 years now. Any tips?

Interested in exiting to a remote position that I can do internationally so I can take advantage of the various nomadic visas that exist in the world. Has anyone done this and or know of companies tha...

For those who left consulting and were making $300k+ in TC did you have to take a pay cut? What role did you leave for? And did you go to a public company or privately held company?

Currently at a T2 consulting firm working at post MBA level (been at the firm for 4-5 years). I have a job offer at a big tech company (Google, FB, Amazon) in Strategy & Ops with total comp slightly ...

Anyone willing to sell 100K marriott points? Buying from 5 different people please PM me! Will pay $700 for 100k each

What offer to accept: 1) AI- Lead Director level role at a small tech startup company. TC $250k or 2.) Manager level at Bain in TMT strategy for $270k. Obviously Bain is better comp and is Bain but do...

Anyone else rooting for the underdog?

Just found out my new job will only require 1 day a week in office. The rest can be remote. Thank you god. Was really hoping for fully remote, but given the brutal current market and many other compan...

How and when do you disclose in interviews that you were let go from your last job after being placed on a PIP? Do you have to disclose it at all? Do they even ask? And can I frame why I left in a way...

Is trying to get hired on at McKinsey a waste of time? I've heard people say it's a dying firm, but I thought it was still one of the big players?