| Topic Name: |
Take Cut or Move On |
| Message Name: |
MBA and Big4 |
| Date Posted: |
03/14/2006 |
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You're making 72 and about to get your MBA and you have to ask whether you should take an offer of a 15% pay cut.
Usually career advancement involves getting raises unless its an a fantastic resume building opportunity. This means McKinsey Consulting etc. Even then however - it should be the same or a raise.
What exactly are they teaching you at this mba program? ok thats a bit harsh - but you get what i'm saying...it shouldn't even be a question! |
| Message: |
Dear Cbone,
I have had a chance to read your insightful posts for quite a while. I agree with you about this guy's intention to take a pay cut to get into the Big4. However, not all of us are making that kind of money, especially in certain regions of the country. Unfortunately, not all MBA grads have the pedigree to get into a McKinsey or Lazard. I have classmates dreaming of a consulting job at Deloitte, were it not for the OB prof who screwed half my class on our final exam, taking the average GPA down by at least a point. To me, Big4 seems to be the right thing to do, given my limited experience in the corporate world. My peers in my third-tier MBA program were in investment banking following law school and they hated that, too, with the added condition that they had to be in NYC and pay triple taxes to be at work every day. In closing, all I want to say is that, for some people like me, getting into Big4 is a dream come true. And I don't think I am selling myself short, even with my second graduate degree from a Top 20 school. I mean, you are going to law school: do you know how many law grads are seeking Big4 jobs after their LLM? I just met two from U. Michigan who are loving it at EY! Keep up the great posts.
Cheers,
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