Company: Deloitte
Date: 2018-09-23
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Good and bad
Pros: I was an experienced hire, brought on as a consultant.  I was able to work hand in hand with some of the largest insurance companies in the world with their executive staff on highly prolific projects.  Very few industries will give you this experience.  It leap frogged my resume and opened up a ton of opportunities.  Now I can say I’m extremely marketable.
Cons: If you are in consulting (non federal)... Prepare to work... very hard.  In addition to hours supporting the client (easily 60-70 per week, even though we billed less to the client), you must also be working on 2-3 firm initiatives that easily consume another 5-10 hours a week, in addition any RFP support that you are providing.   It was extremely stressful, to the point of complete exhaustion.  I ended up returning to industry because of this.  It is unreasonable how hard consultants work.  The dollar is a mighty thing, but just not worth it to me to kill my relationships in my personal life.  Those that tell you they are able to manage work/life balance fine is giving you a bunch of bologna.  Your family and friendships will be affected.  You just need to determine if the impact is worth the many dollars you can make as you move up the ladder.  For me, it was definitely not worth it.  I don’t need to be absurdly wealthy but have destroyed my home life and not having the time off to spend my money on.