Hi there, 

Great question!

I know the salary might be quite disappointing, but try seeing what some of the other perks might be. Prestige, for instance, is quite important in opening other doors in your career for many years to come. 

Progress to Partner is indeed slower on the expert track than on the integrative consulting part, but this is also changing very fast. The expert track to partner didn't virtually exist up until 5-6 years ago so you can expect thing to change further by the time you actually approach that level. 

If your main goals is to become a partner at McKinsey, the knowlege analyst track is not the ideal route to take. It takes extremely long, in fact most expert partners have spent ages in the industry building up their expertise before being offered partnership. In addition, the work is not client heavy to begin with which further delays progress. 

It will help with getting the McKinsey brand on your resume which you can leverage for roles in the future. However, the scope of these roles is also limited compared to a generalist consultant given the nature of tasks you will be performing vs a BA/Associate.

As a lateral move this is not something I would recommend to you.

Best,

Udayan

(editiert)

Hello!

Congratulations first, I guess, hehe. 

To really answer your question the key thing is: compared to what? What is the current position? And the potential alternatives? 

For some people it would be a great lateral move, and from some others the opportunity cost would be just too high. 

Hope it helps!

Cheers, 

Clara

The knowledge track (master expert partner NOT expert partner) is even less client facing within the broader expert track and so I don’t think it’s what you’re looking for.  Partnership at consultancies is largely based on client billable where the knowledge track is even more difficult than the expert partner track you have in mind.

Hi there,

It is extremely rare for an Analyst to become a consultant and then become a Partner. You should make this move with eyes wide open in this respect.

It's up to you whether it's worth switching for the McKinsey brand name, but Partner is going to be a very tall order with this switch!