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Has anyone worked at one of the big consultancies (Accenture, IBM etc)
				
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 Originally posted by northernladuk View PostI don't think anyone is under any illusion they have ever really been getting their moneys worth. Accenture particularly has had a reputation of taking wet behind the ears consultants straight out of Uni and charging 4 figures for creating pretty presentations for the days of being Andersen Consulting and before. ctrl+c, ctrl+v
							
						And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014 ctrl+c, ctrl+v
							
						And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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 You could have started Microsoft back then, or GoogleOriginally posted by Sysman View PostI was being charged out at £200 a day plus expenses in 1981 when I was on £8000 a year.
 
 3 days' chargeout was roughly equivalent to a month's take home pay.
 
 And the buggers didn't give me a company car.
 
 The twats even complained about my expenses.
 
 Not surprisingly I was soon offered a job at a client. Nearly double the pay and a Beemer for a company car, but the experience already had me planning to go independant when the time was right.  Comment
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 I've been at two blue-chip companies when big consultancies were sussed and terminated as a waste of money.
 
 It wasn't my doings either.Comment
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 Same old story of getting taken over by a Yank company then everything going rapidly downhill I'm afraid.Originally posted by AtW View PostYou could have started Microsoft back then, or Google  Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away. Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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