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Is "consulting" pure flame?
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Date: January 12th, 2017 6:54 PM Author: Avocado business firm how flame is it compared to biglaw litigation? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32361847) |
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Date: January 13th, 2017 2:37 PM Author: sick citrine school cafeteria Consulting usually means unemployed, bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32367415) |
Date: January 13th, 2017 2:38 PM Author: Startling Stimulating Cumskin mbb consulting is NOT FLAME (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32367427) |
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Date: January 13th, 2017 2:44 PM Author: Tantric Black Point Water Buffalo Depends on the modifier in front of the word consulting. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32367486) |
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Date: January 14th, 2017 3:02 AM Author: Doobsian drab stock car (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32371485) |
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Date: January 14th, 2017 3:07 AM Author: Glittery Purple Area Incel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32371491) |
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Date: January 14th, 2017 3:03 AM Author: Doobsian drab stock car Apparently big4 does legit consulting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32371486) |
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Date: January 14th, 2017 9:40 AM Author: fragrant senate doctorate (Accenture federal service "consultant") (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32371826) |
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Date: January 14th, 2017 9:41 AM Author: Abnormal nubile stag film telephone What isnt flame, bro? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32371827) |
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Date: January 14th, 2017 9:42 AM Author: Abnormal nubile stag film telephone Dont you want to know about superior Soviet helmets? You need a consultant like me to educate you on the subject. I charge a fee, bro. Gotta eat, bro. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32371830) |
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Date: January 14th, 2017 10:36 AM Author: yellow parlour (dumbass) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32371962) |
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Date: January 14th, 2017 10:42 AM Author: disturbing clown i would definitely hire a consultant to figure out the skinny on how to do something that's not well-documented or available with a google search or in a book or by going on some forum full of MFEs on the topic who will tell you for free. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32371990) |
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Date: January 14th, 2017 11:00 AM Author: fragrant senate doctorate Most of consulting isn't solving unsolvable problems, it's getting data from parts of the business that don't talk to one another, and presenting them to the relevant people at the company.
F500 companies need consultants because F500 companies are poorly structured and have nasty internal politics. Companies are also happy to use consulting as a farm league for talent. |
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Date: January 14th, 2017 11:06 AM Author: disturbing clown this is the so-called management consulting?
you have IT consultants and political consultants, among others, that are hired for their knowledge of arcane systems, but what you're describing sounds a bit different.
maybe we should have separate words for these two jobs. one for people who compile information and communicate them to departments that don't talk to each other and another for people who have specialized knowledge.
if it's all considered "consulting," the term isn't very meaningful |
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Date: January 14th, 2017 11:29 AM Author: fragrant senate doctorate Yes, management/strategy consulting. I work for an MBB. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32372262) |
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Date: January 15th, 2017 6:25 PM Author: bistre diverse den How insufferable are the women you work with or know of in your hotshot firm (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32379930) |
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Date: January 16th, 2017 11:47 AM Author: fragrant senate doctorate The women are actually almost all 180. Genuinely smart people who are very self-aware and rarely shrewlike. My office has a ton of babbies formed by female consultants, we aren't filled with STRONG WOMEN putting off childbirth until they are barren. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32384218) |
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Date: January 15th, 2017 5:52 PM Author: seedy blathering indian lodge athletic conference There's some truth in this only because it's true that consultants are hired for political reasons. Most business problems are not complex (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32379772) |
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Date: January 15th, 2017 5:57 PM Author: fragrant senate doctorate We have a decent number of clients located in ARE country that literally need to hire us because it's the only way they can get ivy league grads to move out to Omaha Nebraska to work on fertilizer market analysis. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32379792) |
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Date: January 14th, 2017 10:49 AM Author: Thriller sanctuary liquid oxygen Yes, especially public sector (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32372025) |
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Date: January 14th, 2017 10:50 AM Author: know-it-all kitchen nowag varies HUGELY.
like some tech consulting guys are legit eg that patio11 guy
OTOH management consulting is largely flame. |
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Date: January 14th, 2017 11:24 AM Author: frum theater dog poop Yeah, it's basically someone who works for a company but not as an employee of that company and is hired for some sort of expertise.
Obviously it can vary, from glorified data entry all the way up to executive level. |
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Date: January 14th, 2017 10:51 AM Author: disturbing clown imagine trying to run for president without consultants who know all the idiosyncratic state systems and all the shit you have to file. would be killself territory. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32372038) |
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Date: January 14th, 2017 10:52 AM Author: Aquamarine soul-stirring house for the most part, sure. although not entirely, in a way. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32372045) |
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Date: January 14th, 2017 11:02 AM Author: Thriller sanctuary liquid oxygen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32372118) |
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Date: January 16th, 2017 11:48 AM Author: cordovan talented associate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32384233) |
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Date: January 16th, 2017 1:04 PM Author: primrose laughsome native feces Underrated (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32384702) |
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Date: January 15th, 2017 5:35 PM Author: Thriller sanctuary liquid oxygen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32379670) |
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Date: January 15th, 2017 6:04 PM Author: Chocolate hairraiser idea he suggested Flame in that they're a form of variable capital to the client firm. Useful in unexpected situations, because they have a niche skill set - but an unsupportable cost burden in ideal circumstances.
Probably more flame than biglaw but with a similar threshold of absurdity.
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Date: January 15th, 2017 6:10 PM Author: Cerebral tanning salon kitty cat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32379849) |
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Date: January 15th, 2017 6:12 PM Author: harsh dopamine forum MBB (McKinsey, Bain, Booz) does legit consulting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32379856) |
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Date: January 15th, 2017 6:18 PM Author: fragrant senate doctorate It's honestly sad to see what PwC did to the remains of Booz, all their partners are bailing the fuck out of the company as soon as they can get the money PwC has been holding over their heads (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32379882) |
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Date: January 15th, 2017 6:20 PM Author: Chocolate hairraiser idea he suggested What happened? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32379890) |
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Date: January 15th, 2017 6:24 PM Author: fragrant senate doctorate Booz built up a great practice and then sold out to PwC. PwC had its own TTT consulting "advisory" practice that it wanted to integrate a la the successful Deloitte-Monitor acquisition.
Unfortunately, PwC brought a once great firm down to the level of PwC, unlike the Deloitte merger, which brought S&O closer to the standard of Monitor. The writing was on the wall and PwC has been bribing partners and other people vital to the practice to stay.
The lulziest part of all of this is that during this time, a rogue group of partners at Bain went shopping for a buyout and were in talks with AccenTTTure of all places. Holy shit would that have been a show. |
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Date: January 16th, 2017 12:57 PM Author: Thriller sanctuary liquid oxygen we're talking public sector here?
a lot of senior people in public sector consulttttting have the client relationships worth millions, and can simply find a veteran AA to start a company with and ca$$$h in - its highly underrated |
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Date: January 16th, 2017 12:55 PM Author: Talking abusive property puppy if you gave me sufficient incentive, i could add tremendous value in pretty much any organization or w/e. but typical consulting = get clubbable princeton bozos who have never had an original thought in their lives to spout the latest jargon so that the CEO has cover to take out some political opponents.
so yes, consulting has value, in the same way that a good sniping blind does. |
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Date: January 16th, 2017 2:45 PM Author: fragrant senate doctorate Justifying a decision the CEO has already made is mostly McKinsey's wheelhouse. Other firms don't tend to do this:
McK: CEO wants to stake his career on a risky move BCG: CEO wants to come up with an off-the-wall suggestion Bain: CEO wants to acquire Big4 consulting: CEO wants to make a move that there is a pre-established playbook for, and wants Big4 firm to run the playbook |
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Date: January 16th, 2017 3:20 PM Author: Talking abusive property puppy interesting, thanks.
the "four fingers" of the CEO. |
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Date: January 16th, 2017 3:21 PM Author: Talking abusive property puppy sounds like there is an opportunity to create a big marketing firm that assures people that everything is great, just stay the course. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3489830&forum_id=2#32385531) |