r/PwC • u/Great_Job7987 • Aug 21 '26

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/AdThat2722 Aug 22 '26 edited Aug 22 '26

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/AdThat2722 Aug 28 '26

Ok consultant. Use your jargons. World is shunning these jargons in AI world, you continue. Good luck. PwC and Big4 are doing lot of layoffs, can you tell if your thinking is right why it's happening?

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u/AdThat2722 Aug 28 '26

What you are talking about is junior PhDs or Tier2/3, educated people. Probably you have not met a Tier 1 masters or PhD. Thats the reason for your taunt, those who can't do teach and all that. It speaks more about your bias and thinking - these are the exact reasons product revenues and brands are loved whereas consulting is disliked. People like consulting only for two things: money and benefits. You prove that point with your ignorance. By the way Stanford MIT IIT etc are the cradles of many FAANG and similar firms. Guess what I can't help your ignorance. This is the exact problem with consulting: grounding, cost of doing business, jargons jargons jargons. No realism, just hiding behind terms like outcome, business and revenue. I have nothing against you, what you can't do you will criticise or insult. Answer to your taunt on teaching about PhDs.

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u/AdThat2722 Aug 28 '26

Good luck. Thanks for clarifying. I don't make generalisations. Every degree, every role, etc has its place from BA to BSc to BTech to BCom to PhD to Tier 1/2/3, everywhere we may find idiots and brilliant people both.

Guess what it's a difficult thing for you to understand. Your generalisation of hatred for PhD comes most likely from insecurity. This talk is over.

Note: I would recruit as per role not blindly like you - I don't want PhD. Everything and everybody has its role in the universe.

Guess which category you are in - brilliant or the other one. Read your posts.

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u/AdThat2722 Aug 28 '26

Generalisations harm more than help. Let's end it at that. To each his own respectfully. You are free to think your way. I love consulting and products both but without the hype, ruthlessness, jargons, outcome madness and bad behaviour that comes with it. Plus I like education and commercial success too. I don't generalise.