Reply to: Has anyone worked at one of the big consultancies (Accenture, IBM etc)

[Sysman]

You could have started Microsoft back then, or Google

Same old story of getting taken over by a Yank company then everything going rapidly downhill I'm afraid.

[AtW]

Had an interview at KPMG in 2000, passed first round but decided not to go ahead with next

[Doggy Styles]

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.

[AtW]

I 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.

You could have started Microsoft back then, or Google

[Mich the Tester]

I 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.

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[stek]

The Certified and online payroll company Professional designation is an exam-based payroll .management and support to facilitate a company’s overall business goals. its could be consultancies like accenture and ibm .they are a service provider..you can go for it.

Does anyone have a clue what this means? Looks like it was written by a moron....

[northernladuk]

For me I am about building links with boutique outfits now because the likes of Accenture and Cap have raped the market too hard and I don't think clients get their moneys worth anymore...

I 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.

[darmstadt]

I worked for a boutique firm in the print industry in the 90's we charged our customers a fortune for our skills but all the consultants drove top end cars (Audi Or Beemer) and we were told to look the part. Decent suit etc. The company wanted to let the customers see where their money was going. (we hire the best and have to pay them well sort of thing)

When you are paying a grand a day for a bright young thing then find that he can't get to the office today because the consultancy have not payed his expenses and he didn't have the money for a bus then something has gone very wrong.

For me I am about building links with boutique outfits now because the likes of Accenture and Cap have raped the market too hard and I don't think clients get their moneys worth anymore...

Presumably you'll need a man bag if working for a boutique outfit...

[bobspud]

I worked for a boutique firm in the print industry in the 90's we charged our customers a fortune for our skills but all the consultants drove top end cars (Audi Or Beemer) and we were told to look the part. Decent suit etc. The company wanted to let the customers see where their money was going. (we hire the best and have to pay them well sort of thing)

When you are paying a grand a day for a bright young thing then find that he can't get to the office today because the consultancy have not payed his expenses and he didn't have the money for a bus then something has gone very wrong.

For me I am about building links with boutique outfits now because the likes of Accenture and Cap have raped the market too hard and I don't think clients get their moneys worth anymore...

[alreadypacked]

Had a mate who worked for one of the big 'uns from uni, Big hours and postings at short notice all over the place (sounds good at first but novelty wears off quick I find).
Worked well when he was younger.
Picked up some very good contacts though and when he bounced out, his ex-boss was now CIO at a big oil firm and paid him 850/day + expenses and wfh fridays - Thought he was getting him cheap as previous charge out was 1200+ !

I worked for one as well, that where I got my nick name, alreadypacked.

[lukemg]

Had a mate who worked for one of the big 'uns from uni, Big hours and postings at short notice all over the place (sounds good at first but novelty wears off quick I find).
Worked well when he was younger.
Picked up some very good contacts though and when he bounced out, his ex-boss was now CIO at a big oil firm and paid him 850/day + expenses and wfh fridays - Thought he was getting him cheap as previous charge out was 1200+ !

[Old Hack]

I worked at IBM for 3 years, only moved as they were starting to rate cut. Fairly good rate, not the best, not the worst and 3 years there paid for a house.

Wouldn't work there again. I quoted some work for them, 80 days development. Come back from holiday and once they'd added all their PM gumpf, it was 265 days. The client, rightly, told them to go forth

[alreadypacked]

There's a book about these consultancies, linky:

Rip-Off!

Worth a read.

and the TV show House of Lies (TV Series 2012) - IMDb

[Old Hack]

Don't worry, your 22-year-old vintage johnny collection is quite safe. I said I was an uneducated Jock, I didn't say I don't have standards.

FTFY

[TestMangler]

No you didn't you lying . You said, "Yes sir, what can I do for you sir". Internet blowhard.

Imagine being called an internet blowhard by the internet's biggest blowhard

Step away from the keyboard and back into your famous five books, twat