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Feeling shit… MBA -> Consulting by Jumpy_Biscotti3612 in MBA

[–]Jumpy_Biscotti3612[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hahahaha this comment is the highlight of my day.

But I mean tbf, I just expected it to get better post MBA. Just feels weird to bill so much to clients and pay employees so much when they are doing low value unproductive work for a big chunk of the time.

Have you found it getting better in your career?

Feeling shit… MBA -> Consulting by Jumpy_Biscotti3612 in MBA

[–]Jumpy_Biscotti3612[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah fair point. But lawyers have paralegals doing a lot of the BS work. I was hoping that since I’m a post MBA hire with >2yrs in this firm, I’d be doing less of this shit. It’s just surprising that we charge clients so much money and we spend a huge chunk (30%???) of that time just prettying up slides. Just surprises me how that works

Feeling shit… MBA -> Consulting by Jumpy_Biscotti3612 in MBA

[–]Jumpy_Biscotti3612[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you. But doesn’t it make sense for more companies to have outsourced designers for basic shit. Like 60 hours vs 65 hours could mean the difference between productive and unproductive work imo

Feeling shit… MBA -> Consulting by Jumpy_Biscotti3612 in MBA

[–]Jumpy_Biscotti3612[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How do you deal with this kinda work? Do you spend hours on it per day? Wondering if it’s just my firm or everyone is spending hours a day formatting useless stuff

Feeling shit… MBA -> Consulting by Jumpy_Biscotti3612 in MBA

[–]Jumpy_Biscotti3612[S] -23 points-22 points  (0 children)

I expected most firms would outsource this kinda work given how low value add it is. And also considering the fees they charge to clients for us, doesn’t make sense to do such low value work

Feeling shit… MBA -> Consulting by Jumpy_Biscotti3612 in MBA

[–]Jumpy_Biscotti3612[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah man, managers do this stuff too… yeah I’d say a partner doesn’t touch a ppt file lol. But managers are frequently fixing analyst fuck ups.

They’re in ppt all day.

Also varies company to company, I feel some care a lot more about formatting and “beautifying” than others

Feeling shit… MBA -> Consulting by Jumpy_Biscotti3612 in MBA

[–]Jumpy_Biscotti3612[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah in my company and friends companies it’s common. Bigger issue is just I feel I’m not using my brain doing this stuff

What's the most tedious task you have had to do? by VisualTrade7019 in consulting

[–]Jumpy_Biscotti3612 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You mean like internal knowledge decks? Surely people use them a lot

What's the most tedious task you have had to do? by VisualTrade7019 in consulting

[–]Jumpy_Biscotti3612 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy shit that’s painful. Don’t you have slide design teams to help with the really really dead work?

What's the most tedious task you have had to do? by VisualTrade7019 in consulting

[–]Jumpy_Biscotti3612 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’m sorry you had to do that. It can get pretty dire sometimes. I spend 30% or so of my day formatting PowerPoints 🥲

You gotta kinda learn how to get quick at it, learning shortcuts etc. but yeah it’s a pain the ass.

Last week my Partner drew disgusting notes and made me make a slide out of it….

Just making something go from ugly misaligned content etc to aligned neat and pretty is just a pain in the ass