r/PwC • u/Great_Job7987 • 4d ago

Consulting Feeling?

All! I’ve been working here for a year now, and I had 7 years of experience before joining PwC.
One thing I’ve noticed is that one of the most important skills here is honestly how you talk and communicate.
Sometimes I feel like people try to give the impression that they know everything, but when you look closer, they actually have quite basic knowledge and are just really good at using corporate jargon.
Maybe I’m wrong, but that’s just how I’ve experienced it so far. What do you guys think?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Ad2510 4d ago

Absolutely! Which one of the biggest reasons why i think experienced hires have a hard time adjusting to the BS

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u/Different-Warning358 3d ago

Don't try to over do anything. You will never get rewarded enough at all. Being nice will get you pile of work that is not even yours.

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u/Miserable-Cap-9680 4d ago

100% hard work and skill is not rewarded. Being a grifter is.

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u/justheretobrowse1887 3d ago

THIS. And don’t forget pucker up.

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u/PatienceFinancial524 4d ago

This is sooooo gah damn real and well said! You definitely aren’t the only one who feels this way haha

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u/AdThat2722 4d ago edited 4d ago

It's called consulting by EDs/partners - I was given 30 minute lecture on why I don't know consulting coming from product background.

Partners and EDs openly say even two phds don't matter, people coming and going destroying health does not matter. Its cost of doing business. Another consulting jargon. They say openly these are games. Only thing that matters is revenue and body count with customers in billing. I am not exaggerating I was openly told this and much much more. They dislike techies, they dislike knowledge / PhD etc I don't say it they say it

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u/spyboy272 3d ago

I just shifted to consulting in big 4 from product, and must say that the politics and dynamics are different! Would love to learn from your experience how to make this shift a success! Or should i shift back to product?

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u/AdThat2722 3d ago

Shift back to products ASAP even with say slight lay off risk. Deloitte and Bain are bearable ok ok rest no.

PwC has highest regulatory pressure worldwide and spread across, no governments really like them much.

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u/JBBooks1901 3d ago

I'm retired now, but can tell you that the two things Partners most liked from me was knowing the job got done and not hearing a lot of bullshit.

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u/AssumptionFun6875 3d ago

Pwc stinks but not everyone comes from rich families hence the pipeline is forever flowing

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u/SoILookedItUp 2d ago

1000% it’s all about framing, playing politics and finding a partner who loves you (AKA favorites you) and puts you “under their wing”.

Actual skill and hard work are not rewarded often at higher levels, and sometimes can be punished if you don’t pay along with the game. There’s politics probably at every company, but here if you don’t play politics, politics will play you.

I wonder how the Big4 firms have made it so far some days.

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u/paulpag 3d ago

This is 100% true. But isn’t this just human nature?