| Topic Name: |
Federal Practice Consulting |
| Message Name: |
Thanks |
| Date Posted: |
12/30/2005 |
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In general, the Fed Practice will try to keep you local, especially if you are in the DC area. The Govt doesn't like to pay travel for consultants, so it's beneficial for the firm to keep you near by.
That said, government projects are often long-term, multi-year projects. If you land on a project that is out of town, you may find yourself traveling 4 days a week (or even 5 days). My guess is that 80% of the federal practice employees in the DC area are local and 20% are traveling.
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Flex-time will depend on your manager and project. In some cases, it may be held against you when the rest of the project team is on-site until 7p or later and you are leaving before 5p. Other times, you'll have an understanding team. In general, consulting is not a family friendly career. The firm is full of people that put their career before anything else and some of those people without a family don't understand the pressures of work/family balance.
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Your average work week will be 50 hours. 45 billable hours are expected each week, in addition to administrative office work (t&e, career development, networking, proposals, etc). You will get some slow weeks where you sneak by with 40 hours, but most weeks will be 50+. During peak project times and during the occasional proposal, hours may spike to 70+, but those weeks are not too common. |
| Message: |
Great answers. Thank you for sharing insight.
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