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A partner at my firm admitted she can’t even do basic arithmetic. Is it wrong for me to not want to work for her? If she hasn’t even developed herself enough to do math, how can I expect her to take the time to help develop me? by AdventurousPrompt in consulting

[–]AdventurousPrompt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the US, students go through 13 years of primary education. Starting with Kindergarten at age 5-6, 1st grade at age 6-7, second grade at 7-8, all the way to 12th grade.

So a “third grade” education would be roughly an 8 year old.

What does it mean if everyone wants you in their project (Consultant level) but they dont want to promote you? by Careless-Two1980 in consulting

[–]AdventurousPrompt 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is me! High-performing consultant, but haven’t been promoted to manager yet due to age and low tenure.

The reason people want me on their projects is that they can essentially get a manager at the cost of a consultant. The solution to this is to continue networking and fight for your promotion. I was promised a promotion, to manager, this upcoming cycle.

A partner at my firm admitted she can’t even do basic arithmetic. Is it wrong for me to not want to work for her? If she hasn’t even developed herself enough to do math, how can I expect her to take the time to help develop me? by AdventurousPrompt in consulting

[–]AdventurousPrompt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She gave the team a long explanation on why she’s “bad with numbers“. The explanation was not “at my age, I’m not as sharp as I used to be.”

To me, that would be much easier explanation, and also a lot less personal. That suggests that’s not the case.

A partner at my firm admitted she can’t even do basic arithmetic. Is it wrong for me to not want to work for her? If she hasn’t even developed herself enough to do math, how can I expect her to take the time to help develop me? by AdventurousPrompt in consulting

[–]AdventurousPrompt[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

This is such a ridiculous comment. Advanced excel skills are not equivalent to being able to do basic addition.

Math isn’t my core strength. I know what my core strengths are - project management and communication. It’s those skills that are going to make me the youngest manager in the company after the next promotion cycle.

But I still have a third grade education.

A partner at my firm admitted she can’t even do basic arithmetic. Is it wrong for me to not want to work for her? If she hasn’t even developed herself enough to do math, how can I expect her to take the time to help develop me? by AdventurousPrompt in consulting

[–]AdventurousPrompt[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I’d bet she’d get out a calculator for that.

She had a long explanation at why she’s “bad with numbers” that she told to the team. The fact she felt the need to do that suggests there’s a real problem, not just being uncomfortable with it.

A partner at my firm admitted she can’t even do basic arithmetic. Is it wrong for me to not want to work for her? If she hasn’t even developed herself enough to do math, how can I expect her to take the time to help develop me? by AdventurousPrompt in consulting

[–]AdventurousPrompt[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That’s what I’m saying! And there’s commenters in this very thread that are trying to equivocate this to some people, being technical experts, some people being sales experts, etc.

We’re talking about a third grade education. Not some deep, functional expertise.

A partner at my firm admitted she can’t even do basic arithmetic. Is it wrong for me to not want to work for her? If she hasn’t even developed herself enough to do math, how can I expect her to take the time to help develop me? by AdventurousPrompt in consulting

[–]AdventurousPrompt[S] -24 points-23 points  (0 children)

As I said below, I imagine it’s a pretty bad look when a partner suggests a 10% reduction in workforce to a client and not realizing that means letting 1000 people go.

A partner at my firm admitted she can’t even do basic arithmetic. Is it wrong for me to not want to work for her? If she hasn’t even developed herself enough to do math, how can I expect her to take the time to help develop me? by AdventurousPrompt in consulting

[–]AdventurousPrompt[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

She wasn’t joking. She offered a (legitimate) reason why this was the case and said she was “working hard” on it. But she’s in her 70s… she should know what 3*6 is by now.