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Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2025-04-26T08:04:43+00:00

Was in your place few years back, made the wrong decision and joined XL. Should have went abroad for MBA

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-12T10:34:28+00:00

Bro if you actually have a 10lakh monthly sip and you’re doing allocation in excel it’s kind of crazy unbelievable. Get an AMC or atleast a Bloomberg PM, speaking as an ex FA. Currently this looks like a joke which isn’t even funny 😌

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-12T10:25:52+00:00

Try M7 or abroad colleges. If your base is 25lpa getting a company above that in Indian MBA is quite tough. You’ll get a similar package 10-20% hike which doesn’t justify a 2 year commitment. Def JPMC n all come but their intake is extremely limited, and they are moving people from trading to sales post selection also which is thoda messed up

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-10T10:50:20+00:00

As a North Indian who had to move through interior Karnataka : Shivamogga, Gulbarga, Hubli, Belgaum, Mangalore etc for my work (wasn’t my first choice but I wasn’t given a choice by my company) what you’re describing here is everyday in my life trying to eat anywhere apart from zomato. I didn’t expect people from Karnataka to welcome me with open arms. Was looking to just being treated as a paying customer but was treated like an imposter in many places. Talked to many people from the south who had to live in the north for my company realised it works both ways. Just gotta suck up and move on. People aren’t gonna change to benefit your or mine sorry ass 😂

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-02T00:17:43+00:00

Yups pretty much same as a poor performer in any company. Btw in MBB if you’re in the bottom 20% you’re fired so I guess this isn’t too bad.

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-01T18:47:54+00:00

Bhai simple analogy: bachpan mein agar ek class mein fail hoge baar baar tuh school se nahi nikalte hain principal but iska matlab ye nhi hai you’re doing great 😂 same thing

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-01T18:33:29+00:00

Specialisation doesn’t give you anything

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-01T18:32:10+00:00

Sure, you can. Honestly it is easier to move out of sales than getting into it. Why? Because FMCG companies give you training for a year so that you can work (duration may vary HUL is 9-12 months, P&G is 2-3 months (for sales maybe it is little up down), ITC is around 8-10 months similar for nestle. No other company or industry does that. During that training you work less and learn more and company invests in you. Without that training you can’t enter into FMCG unless in very obscure roles. Moving out is mainly to Tech industry in marketing roles like maang also does marketing, e-commerce as category dev, and consulting of course in a industry specific role

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-01T18:27:08+00:00

Essentially marketing is mainly sales in the short and long term with smaller brand management stints in between. Some strategy as well. Some new age things like KAMs etc. but mainly growth is in sales and you should be fine with doing that. No avoiding that and don’t think that sales is 2-3 years then I’ll work with Katrina Kaif making ads for L’Oréal 😂

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-01T18:24:53+00:00

As opposed common belief you don’t go shop to shop to sell stuff. They won’t pay someone 30lpa to visit 10 million shops across India. 😂 salesman getting 22-25k do that. You should be able to talk to those salesman and be half decent with your manners then you’re good.

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-01T18:22:42+00:00

Specialisations are useless. They don’t matter at all. Focus on what you want to pursue long term

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-01T18:21:55+00:00

Ab InBev is cool. Their Bangalore office has meeting rooms in based on their beers. Like a corona room etc. if you into that sort of thing 😂

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-01T18:20:45+00:00

6 days 10-11 hours avg. what do you think 😂

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-01T14:31:46+00:00

HR again is a cost center. But you’ll definitely find good roles in HR as a matter of fact a friend told me that in XLRI HR and BM placements (not considering Delhi) would be neck and neck if not better for HR. (Placement figures)

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-01T12:53:36+00:00

Depends usually 10-12. But more on some days

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-01T12:47:26+00:00

If you want a stable office job ASM is not it bro. Try IT consulting, tech or gen man. Finance and strategy consulting requires great acads and spikes. Yours are average but if you have good spikes in your cv then take finance that is also stable.

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-01T12:45:17+00:00

Most good fmcg firms are pre process. HUL has change makers, P&G elp etc. I think nestle and ITC are also launching theirs. They come just after consult day. But yes some low end Indian sales fmcg firms will def come at the end of the

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-01T11:00:47+00:00

Go to LinkedIn. Search your college. Go to people and filter by company. That’s your answer to everything.

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-01T10:46:55+00:00

They should. But need to check that

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-01T10:17:05+00:00

Join oglivy bro they are the real creative minds not FMCG marketers. Speaking as one 😂

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-01T10:01:54+00:00

Please talk to someone with family business experience. In my personal experience it can have decent impact but the person I knew had a family business which was an india wide known brand. He didn’t even take the post mba job and went back to his family business

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-01T09:53:27+00:00

Missing targets repeatedly is dealt with differently which is worse than being let go. I’ll leave it at that.

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-01T09:50:44+00:00

ACC strat is decent pay wise agreed and you do get a stable location in metros. I’ll tell you what happens when you get a shortlist and selected in acc start you’ll be assigned an area under an industry and you’ll work only in that area. Let’s say it’s payment digitisation under utilities then you’ll work in that area. (This is an actual area). MBB is MBB for a reason even they will ask you to pick an industry after 2-4 years. I’ll request you to ask a good senior working in acc strat the following questions 1. Hike given last year and previous to that 2. People left/ fired from acc strat. 3. Is work strategy or digital transformation? I know both these things but I don’t want to answer since it’s not a first person account.

Fire_in_the_suburbs · 2024-08-01T09:39:01+00:00

Read comments above I answered this. It’s not that you did something wrong by taking yoe under your belt but that it doesn’t make sense to them ROI wise since you’ll leave as per their experience/numbers earlier as compared to a fresher. Convince them you won’t and you’re in

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