The above statement is unfortunately the big problem here. Because there is a LOT of work. Especially post-Covid19 where everybody is working from home and has a ton of free time. During this period a lot has been exposed about Consulting as a business and how bullsh!t it mostly is. Fortune 500 firms are struggling amidst the largest credit crisis we have ever had, and there is an incredible amount of demand for expensive consultants who are paid to sound like they know what they are talking about and make PowerPoints (or spreadsheets if you're one of the luckier ones on a more 'involved' client project). All of this amidst the lowest employment rate we are seeing across the western economies; Deloitte will hire anyone and their refrigerator with this current job climate. They had to give a 'market adjustment' to salaries across the board just to try and keep people. This was unfortunately no more than a 10%-15% bump, which sounds great. But after inflation and taxes, I have basically taken a pay CUT.
I am giving this company a 4 star review because I believe it deserves it for the most part. It is filled with great people, and I met some fantastic partners who were genuinely concerned with figuring out how they can be better in these unprecedented times. But, unless you are ready to commit your LIFE to this company in a time when you can be paid more money by your second cousin's work-from-home small insurance company, or perhaps ideally, whatever it is you REALLY want to spend your life doing, I can not recommend working here as a first big boy/big girl job. Unless you are only planning on specifically spending a short amount of time here or are coming to Deloitte with outside professional experience, don't do it to yourself. You deserve a better existence than this one.
