Big consulting is a shitshow right now. They totally miscalculated demand. Now they’re bleeding money, asking people to take sabbaticals, and disguising layoffs as firings.
If these people can’t run their own businesses why would anyone want their help running theirs?
Consulting firms advise on layoffs all the time. “How many people do I really need to do X?” is the most vanilla question you could ask a consultant. That they were so wildly off the mark does not inspire confidence.
Tech companies are brand new organizations and have a regular product. The product of management consultants is management and the orgs have been around for a million years.
I can't tell you how often I meet someone totally brilliant, and it turns out they went to Thomas Jefferson Science and Technology High School in Virginia.
It happens so often I'm tempted to start crashing their reunions.
In the past 10 months, I have lost nearly 50 lbs. Start intermittent fasting and find a cardio exercise that doesn’t make you go crazy; for me, boxing 🥊
And take some time off for the holidays like a normal person.