Compensation in Consulting

I got laid off today, but didn't get offered severance. Apparently, anyone with the company for less than a year isn't entitled to a severance package. Is this even legal?

Imagine your salary gets slashed to $1,500 a week. Can you live off that?

🤔Besides salary, what's the most important benefit in your compensation package that you care about?

When you started your career, did you ever think $148,000 a year wouldn't be enough to live on? I'm this close to living paycheck to paycheck again. Prices need to come down.

Can anyone from PwC tell me the salary range for a manager position in tech consulting? Would potentially be coming in as an experienced hire with 8 yrs of consulting experience.

To those that have moved from HCOL to LCOL areas with comfortable salaries, is there a lot of times where you wish that you had not made the change to take advantage of the benefits of higher cost of ...

I make $172,000 a year and still feel almost broke at times. I live in San Francisco and have three kids. The cost of living and raising a family on a single income is tough, even if that one income s...

Do you think AI companies owe us a stake in their business? It's an interesting point. AI is built off of all of us; we should share in the profits. Especially since AI is going to take our jobs and/o...

I just learned a hard lesson. I went through three rounds of interviews and a case interview, only to be offered a role with a salary of $62,000. What a waste of time!

What has been your best piece of advice to give to new consultants entering the field? As of now I do not have much to give besides keep grinding and you will succeed or just do not go into consulting...

My director is not an approachable guy, and I get nervous when I have to meet with him one on one. But it is time for a raise. How do I hype myself up for this meeting? I don't want my director to rea...

What has been the most amount of time that you have taken off and gotten approved? Looking to go on a 20 work day trip in 6 months and although my company says it is flexible PTO, I doubt I can take a...

Hello, looking to see if it’s worth switching from a consultant to a sales role for a consulting group. Looking to leave my firm as it is not looking good right now… I have been offered a senior sales...

To those that travel a lot for work, how much of it is actually done in person vs remote? I am looking at changing from full remote to traveling 40% of the time for no difference in pay doing the same...

How much value would you put on working remote vs in office? Just got told that we are RTO for 5 days a week and currently making $124k. I have a friend that can get me in at a place for $100k but ful...

How has your salary impacted romantic relationships for you? Currently making less than my partner 5 years into my career while doing similar work and have become fearful that we are losing time toget...

McKinsey Peeps, do you have any insights? I don't want to pay for the article lol.

Which do you prefer, a lower salary with unlimited bonus potential or a high salary but almost no bonus potential?

Rather optimistic of this poster to think we'll make it another seven years, lol. But seriously, if the wait was seven months... maybe a year or two, I would hold out for the $700k, but seven years? P...

Is it possible to climb to a $300k salary with just a bachelor's degree? All the partners I know have advanced degrees but I hated school and don't want to go back if I don't have to.