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Re:McKinsey Starts Eliminating 1,400 Roles This Week in a Ra... by yamtaddle on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @01:09PM (#35344378)
My little glimpse into them revealed notably-bad management of internal projects and management culture of caring very much about appearing busy while not really doing much (IDK about "engagements", I assume they basically do what they need to for those, which is why they keep getting paid). Which is pretty funny considering what they sell. But what I saw may not have been a representative look at them.
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Re:McKinsey Starts Eliminating 1,400 Roles This Week in a Ra... by mateus1 on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @02:49PM (#35345974)
That's my impression of it as well however it still leads to crazy hours and a shitton of work. My friend ended up going to sleep 5am for many consecutive days.
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Re:McKinsey Starts Eliminating 1,400 Roles This Week in a Ra... by yamtaddle on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @03:15PM (#35346337)
Right, didn't mean to imply your pal's slacking, meant to add on to the "horrendous work culture" bit. Hell, even for the ones in the position of not having much to do but needing to keep a full-to-bursting calendar for what I assume are defensive-against-severe-organizational-dysfunction reasons, that's not exactly a happy-go-lucky stress-free time.
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Re:McKinsey Starts Eliminating 1,400 Roles This Week in a Ra... by mateus1 on Monday April 03, 2023 @02:42PM (#35429188)
I didn't take it that way, just meant as complement to your point :)
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