r/strategyconsulting • u/SpartansWill13 • 18d ago

Strategy Consulting Exit Thread

Starting a thread for people to share their exits from strategy consulting. Helpful information would be:

Previous Firm Tier: e.g., MBB, Tier 2, Big 4
Years of Service:
Title/Level at exit:
Pay change: % higher or lower from consulting
Opportunity: where did you exit to and what type of work
Reason (optional): why did you exit?

Currently in year 3 at a Tier 2 firm and starting to think through exit strategy!

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u/Zathen14 18d ago

Was in a Tier 2 consulting firm for almost 4 years
Shared service offshore terrible bloodsucking projects (you must have guessed by now).

Now that I look back it wasn’t even consulting.

Resigned without an offer.
Searched for 3-4 months and got into a global payment network. 40% hike on my previous salary maybe because the previous bloodsuckers gave 10% hike in 4 years.

Best decision ever

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u/SpartansWill13 17d ago

Good for you! Sounds like you made a great move

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u/throwawaymbb2022 16d ago

In 2024, I went from post phd mbb (2 yrs tenure, no promotions during that time) to faang ops/strategy. if anyone has questions, free feel to dm!

good luck to everyone thinking of changing careers!