Company: EY
Date: 2016-10-04
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

Advisory consultant
Pros: Fast-pace, keeps you thinking and on your toes. Variety of clients, and plenty of internal initiatives you can also contribute to.
Cons: What formal learning there is, is good. The "on-the-job" learning is another way of saying "We expect our managers to teach you so we don't have to pay additionally for you" which can be hit and miss depending on your manager at any given time. Hours are often long, and managers under increasing pressure to deliver on profit margins. Work life balance is talked about often, but I don't see that many people getting it. I've learnt plenty, but don't believe the hype that consulting is a finishing school for a career in industry. Come in later as an expert in your field, being a graduate is rough. And sometimes embarrassing, when clients (who started their careers before you were born) ask why they're getting advice from someone barely out of uni.