Is it possible to limit the amount of travel at MBB firms to avoid being away from home during all week? If so - how?
Is it possible to limit the amount of travel at MBB firms to avoid being away from home during all week? If so - how?
A couple of points to consider:
My personal experience over the last 7 years at McKinsey and BCG was quite travel-heavy, but that was largely driven by my desire to work in different emerging markets, which spread across different continents. I have seen many colleagues who have opted for an approach to minimise travel, and they all pulled a combination of the above levers.
Hope this helps!
Cheers, Sidi
Hi,
I'll share my perspective having worked in SEA which is a typically travel heavy system.
In your early years, you have to tell staffing that your key priority is to stay local. This means that you cannot be picky and have to be open to take any case that is local.
In your later years, this means aligning to a practice area and group of partners that typically stay local.
When you join as a newly grad the level of control comes down to two variables:
-firm: some firms have local/regional staffing models (flights <2 hours), other continental ones (anything is a fair game). BCG and Bain are known to be more local/regional on average than McKinsey
-office: office industry mix and their main clients drive where projects are. So NYC and London offices have more local opportunities due to financial services clients than, let's say, Atlanta
if you join as an experienced hire with already a specialization in an industry/function you should choose the office which is closest to the clients you will potentially serve.
hope it helps!
andrea
Hi,
There are multiple ways to influence that:
Unfortunately, it is very hard to limit the amount of travel, but you can try.