Pros
You learn exactly what you don't want for your next job
Cons
- Work life balance: nonexistent, your day starts at 7am and ends at 3am, from Monday to Sunday, and of course during your vacations - No career growth: promotions are based on how well you can suck up to the CEO - Toxic environment: analysts are sometimes yelled at or humiliated in front of their peers; some leave the office crying and the technical team in Bangalore is belittled and treated like sub-humans - Salaries: It's a joke compared to what you can actually make in Consulting - Learning opportunities: None - when you leave, you barely know how to use basic Excel and Powerpoint, and you know nothing about the industry - Analytic tool: It's a joke - if a client wants to see a certain number, MMA will more or less make this number appear ex nihilo, even if there isn't any math behind it. - Presentation to clients: 75%+ are done an hour before showing up in front of clients, therefore they'll contain many typos, calculation errors, unjustifiable results, ... To this day, I still can't fathom how the executives manage to sell the work to such gullible clients At this point I know exactly what you are thinking: "Why do people still come to/stay in this dreadful company?" The answer is simple: most of the work force is composed of young foreigners who are desperate to stay in the US, and will do literally anything to stay in the country.