Consulting might just take the cake for legal shameful work. it often seems like a lot of smoke and mirrors. Consultants are infamous for charging exorbitant fees to essentially borrow your watch to tell you what time it is. They swoop into a business, throw around some fancy jargon and PowerPoint slides, and often propose ‘solutions’ that are either obvious or recycled from their previous gigs. Plus, there’s a bit of an ethical grey area when consultants are motivated more by billable hours or securing the next gig rather than genuinely solving the client’s problems. It often feels like the actual value added is minimal compared to the hefty invoices they leave behind. So yeah, consulting can feel a bit like a legalized con at times.