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An Open Post |
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Reality check |
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01/07/2006 |
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This is the first time I've read any Vault postings since starting at Cap and I felt that it was important that I share my point of view since it differs from the general tone of the message board.
I've been with the firm for about 6 months having previously graduated #1 in my class from a top 20 MBA program. I have 14+ years industry experience, a PMP cert and several technical certs. I was hired as a Sr. Consultant into the retail and consumer products practice.
I chose Capgemini for a few reasons:
1. I believed that the company was firmly headed in the right direction and the time was right to get in at the beginning stage of a dramatic turn-around
2. The new geographic organizational model would allow me to consult and not, in return, burn me out on the travel
3. I was able to work in my industry of choice - retail
4. The compensation package was competitive with my other offers
After 6 months, I must say that I don't regret my choice in the slightest. I've worked on 4 projects thus far and each one has been with talented team members, senior client executives and in each case we delivered tangible business value above and beyond our consulting fees. In fact, we received follow-up work with all 4 clients totaling several million dollars.
For the quality of life I have, given the reduced travel and the exciting nature of the engagement work, it would take an absolutely phenomenal offer from another firm to entice me to leave. So far, I??ve received 2 job offers from clients since joining the firm and happily turned down both.
Just one current consultant's perspective. |
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Let's just take a quick validity sniff here.
You've been with CG for 6 months since you graduated #1 in your MBA class...you went back to school after 14 or so years of industry experience. With 14 years of experience and top ranking in your top 20 MBA you managed to get hired as a Sr. Consultant. What's wrong with this part of the picture? Maybe nothing. Sounds fishy to me.
In your 6 months with CG you've been on 4 different projects. That would be an average project length of 6 weeks per project with no downtime in between. Of course, you could be working on two projects at the same time, but that's unlikely as a Sr. Manager. And, wonder of wonders every one of these 6 week projects has yielded follow on work totaling several million dollars. Never mind that the typical client sign off process on sub-million dollar projects can take a month assuming a non-competitive assignmnet...which rarely happens at the million dollar level...maybe happens in 1 of 50 projects. And yet your experience is 4 for 4.
Let me go out on a limb here.
You're one of those paid posters hired by CG HR to spread good tidings and BS in the New Year.
PS the most ardent CG apologist wouldn't by your #1-4. What a load of gratuitous whooey.
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