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Keeping personal growth, salary, recreation & schooling for children, and exit opputunities in mind, which option is better for associate role: Mckinsey Switzerland or Mckinsey Germany?

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Recreation and Schooling in this case is really about alignment, and you should be looking into specific office locations. Same thing applies to personal growth - what is relevant to you and how it aligns with a country ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Learn how to manage your work-life balance in the demanding field of Management Consulting! Upcoming workshop with Florian.

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Easing into Management Consulting as a mom?

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Absolutely - many of former bosses at Bain were female who had families and Bain supported all sorts of models. 50% models, 75% models that allowed the subjects to structure their time in a way that allows them to do bo ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Family-Life-Balance (Husband/Wife and Kids)

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Hi! For anyone looking into topics of lifestyle, you might find the following resource useful: Expert Guide: How to Manage for Lifestyle in Consulting But yes, in short, consulting and family time don't really see eye t ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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What can one do to make the maximum of the MBB experience?

MBB work life balance

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Hi, Sharing some tips based on my experience. How can someone balance time well? Prioritize Be clear on what is really the most important tasks that you need to get right for your module Ask for help Often there is a mo ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Work-Life Balance in Consulting?!

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Hello! I have experience in several offices across Europe, particularly in McKinsey and Company. Nowadays, consulting companies are being more and more aware about the challenges it emcompasses for women, and they a ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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BCG vs. McKinsey - who wins?

BCG corporate culture International MBB McKinsey project work life balance

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Hey, I don't think you will be able to find absolute answers for any of your questions. However, would like to share my personal view (based on experience) on a few of these topics Both firms are really global, wi ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Is traveling fully back as part of the job?

MBB Travel work life balance

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Hi there, It is back but it depends a bit on the type of engagement. I would say on average we are seeing 80% of pre-COVID travel. That is just the nature of the job and it would not make much sense to collaborate close ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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How to include time off in a consulting proposal

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Hi Caitlin, I am happy to provide my perspective on it: One approach that is commonly used in the consulting industry is to structure engagements as multi-month contracts, with a pre-determined number of hours per month ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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MBB SEA work life balance

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Hello, As you have rightly pointed out, this does vary per project/client etc. But it also varies based on the partner you work for, what is their work-style etc. As a rule of thumb, expect 12-14 hour days, 5 days a we ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Learning not to say yes to everything

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I'm a huge proponent of this! There's a huge “yes” culture (especially in corporate America and on LinkedIn). You need to learn to say no to opportunities that will take more than they give. That said, be selective. Yo ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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The Great Resignation

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They are trying but its not an easy thing to fix and will depend on office location, culture, client expectations and most importantly collaboration from everyone- colleagues, bosses, family & clients. When you are ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Hey, When you are doing something you really want to do and are having fun..question of work life balance doesn't arise. You make it work seamlessly. Work-life balance is something that you must take control of. If you ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Hi All, I hope there is someone who has gathered personal experience or it is informed about MBB Italian offices.

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Anonym B gab die beste Antwort am 15. Juli 2021

Ciao! It really varied but roughly 65-90 hours where it would not be uncommon to work weekends too.

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How is the life in Riyadh while working with an MBB firm. Both personal and professional (# hours, clients, exit, etc.)

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Just organizing the message I outlined in the comments, hope it helps! feel free to ask more questions [experience] spent a couple of months in Riyadh as a post-mba mbb consultant as my office was not very busy - MENA ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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As a consultant how do you keep your work life balance?

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Ah, the hardest question out there! There are two parts to the question 1) Finding your balance 2) Keeping it You're asking about the second, but most people haven't figured out the first, so I'll start there with ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Consulting + good work life balance?

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Hi! From my personal experience, I agree with Chris and Matteo’s answer. There’s always a trade off. At big 4, The working hours may be better, but you may also get bored at times. At MBB you have more demanding tasks ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Got into MBB, have some time before start. Next steps?

Advice BCG beginner best practice career career progression consulting consulting analyst entry level Excel experience Junior Consultant learning MBB McKinsey networking offer on the job Personal Fit prep4success Preparing for consulting work skills start success drivers tips top tips training work life balance

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Hi, The most important thing you need to understand is that consulting is a client business and client is always first. Here is my subjective view of what's needed to succeed on different levels of hierarchy. Pls take ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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MBB in Italy: which fits me the best?

Digital italy MBB work life balance

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Hi, I work in Milan in MBB and I can tell you that there no much difference from one another in terms of work/life balance. A good life-style project is one that starts at 9am and ends at 9pm. But it is a very good li ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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Current Post-MBA consultant applying to Strategy Manager roles

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Hi, Based on my experience in the US: Cases are similar in nature but less demanding in approach and structure I would start sending the applications 2-3 months before and then negotiate the exact start date. Th ... (ganze Antwort lesen)

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