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Experiences of working for Big 4 Consulting?

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    #11
    Originally posted by sira View Post
    Its a Manager role so they said I may be manging/supervising some juniors, but its TBC. And they said I'd be allocated a project based on my personal interests and strengths...which is nice, if true.
    So you are inside as well then?
    'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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      #12
      Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

      So you are inside as well then?
      Yes, always these days. In my area, 95% of day rate jobs are now Inside IR35. And half of clients have blanket bans on brollies and are only offering FTC's.

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        #13
        I'm with a Big4 co direct at the moment on the digital side of things.

        Money for old rope comes to mind, the day rate was higher than I was expecting but yes, Inside unfortunately.

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          #14
          Originally posted by ensignia View Post
          I'm with a Big4 co direct at the moment on the digital side of things.

          Money for old rope comes to mind, the day rate was higher than I was expecting but yes, Inside unfortunately.
          Did you insist they supply you a laptop?
          'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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            #15
            Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

            Did you insist they supply you a laptop?
            Quite the opposite, old chum.

            I'm a contractor. There are still a few of us left on here...

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              #16
              Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

              Did you insist they supply you a laptop?
              I'll be given equipment apparently

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                #17
                If you are young, single with no ties and on a good rate (see previous posts concerning overtime), or late career and being ridiculously overpaid for "gravitas", I would say go for it.

                IMO it's more satisfying to be client-side on multi-vendor teams opposing the consultancies / "keeping them honest".
                ‘His body, his mind and his soul are his capital, and his task in life is to invest it favourably to make a profit of himself.’ (Erich Fromm, ‘The Sane Society’, Routledge, 1991, p.138)

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                  #18
                  I was with Deloitte, outside, very good rates. But they expected me to attend Agile standup once in the morning and once in the evening . Right from day one declined evening 'standups'. Walked away giving 10 minutes notice within 3 months. There's no culture, team work etc. You will be just a resource, a number that's all.

                  courtg9000 has summarised it nicely.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by BigDataPro View Post
                    I was with Deloitte, outside, very good rates. But they expected me to attend Agile standup once in the morning and once in the evening . Right from day one declined evening 'standups'. Walked away giving 10 minutes notice within 3 months. There's no culture, team work etc. You will be just a resource, a number that's all.

                    courtg9000 has summarised it nicely.
                    Interesting to see so many negative stories. I was working in-house few years back (mid-size asset manager) and we had a Deloitte consultant in 3x a week. She did 9-5.30 like the rest of us and was always joking/happy and we just worked with her as if she was one of our own in-house employees. I think it also depends on who the end client is aswell. I cant imagine an IB project being very pleasant for example.

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                      #20
                      Worked for Deloitte at a government account, was easiest job ever, outside IR35, basically doing nothing (it was government) got £650 per day and found out they charged £1650 per day for me. Next time I'll ask more.

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