I just got a call while at work from an executive recruitment firm looking at me by recommendation for a position at McKinsey Operations.
As always with McKinsey we are looking at 4 case days/week (ie travel) which roughly translate to 60-80h work weeks everything accounted for. Their wages pre-partner look great on paper but knocked out by the hour they are merely good. It’s about shoveling shit for 4-5 years until you make partner where you actually can start making money. Until then you are treated like a disposable asset with little regard to how you're holding up and if you might be on a meth IV drip to get stuff done on time.
So for all you guys here that are consultants, work in finance or law that has similar workloads... Would you do it? The thing is that I'm in my mid-thirties. I have already mentally started to ramp down with my sights on enjoying life and cashing out after having spent most of my life busting ass at work or in school. The status and money having made partner is certainly appealing but as a red piller I don't hold that in the same regard if there is no opportunity to convert this into poon. I would have left a trail of corpses behind me to get this job 5 years ago. Now I'm not sure...
As always with McKinsey we are looking at 4 case days/week (ie travel) which roughly translate to 60-80h work weeks everything accounted for. Their wages pre-partner look great on paper but knocked out by the hour they are merely good. It’s about shoveling shit for 4-5 years until you make partner where you actually can start making money. Until then you are treated like a disposable asset with little regard to how you're holding up and if you might be on a meth IV drip to get stuff done on time.
So for all you guys here that are consultants, work in finance or law that has similar workloads... Would you do it? The thing is that I'm in my mid-thirties. I have already mentally started to ramp down with my sights on enjoying life and cashing out after having spent most of my life busting ass at work or in school. The status and money having made partner is certainly appealing but as a red piller I don't hold that in the same regard if there is no opportunity to convert this into poon. I would have left a trail of corpses behind me to get this job 5 years ago. Now I'm not sure...