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Hate Banking.. Want Consulting |
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re: V. Interesting |
| Date Posted: |
09/29/2003 |
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thanks for the input, it's always good to get valuable data points from credible sources.
If you have any patience left, could you elaborate on the 'depends on who you are working for' - do you mean the client that you work for at the particular instance or the company that you work in?
if the latter (if there is some industry insider knowledge) about which companies are the less hierarchical/ have smaller percentage of 'throw-away' work, that would be very interesting to read, for the wider public also I hope.
Thanks again |
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"Depends on who you are working for" means
1) The partner/job manager. Some are really good at structuring work/analysis, and points the team in the right direction. Others, not so good...they are aimless, tend to ramble, and torture the team by "boiling the ocean" for answers. If you get the latter, you spend a LOT of time going down wrong paths--which means your analysis ends up being moot in the morning when they (partner/job manager) change their minds.
2) Clients--those who engage MC firms with clear end goals/deliverables in mind tend to be easier--because you are bound by the engagement letter. Those who hire MC for open ended reasons ("we don't know why it's broke/doesn't work") tend to have more open ended problems that require you to spend a lot more time testing/thinking...which may be interesting, but a lot of the time you just keep shaking different trees and seeing what falls out.
I don't know which companies have smaller % of "throw-away" work...I can only comment on my experiences so far.
Hope that helps.
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