Consultancies know less than they claim and cost more than they seem to

Re:Consultancies know less than they claim and cost more tha... by gnz11 on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @08:14AM (#34788797)

Nah, their secret sauce is that they are sales behemoths first and foremost. They are adept at convincing any CEO/SVP to ignore any internal advice from the CEO/SVP's technical teams and sign large, binding contracts instead with them. Also used to work at a big 4.

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Re:Consultancies know less than they claim and cost more tha... by jen20 on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @09:00AM (#34789332)

This is the opposite of what I encountered doing consulting, where often the best outcomes were achieved by asking the internal teams what they thought, and then telling the “leaders” who were petrified of accepting such advice without external validation of it.

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Re:Consultancies know less than they claim and cost more tha... by gnz11 on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @09:19AM (#34789626)

Consulting companies will gladly bill you for telling you what you already know. This gets them a foot in the door to start the outsourcing process. For the "leaders" the implicit allure is the personal risk mitigation factor for when things go wrong.

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