Guys, need your help! Got two offers and want to know if they are good or not considering TC for Chicago. I have 8 YOE and no master. Amazon offer (AWS Professional Services) TC 207k (for first year) McKinsey Digital (as a Digital expert) TC 220k (but a hell lot of travel and I have kids) Still waiting for an offer from Google, but I think the numbers will be similar. What do you guys think? Are these good numbers for Chicago? Thanks!
Go for McKinsey if you have no wife or kids. It'll Kickstart your career a lot more than doing boring Amazon job. With McKinsey you will usually deal with VP level all the time and that opens doors later on. Also you'll see a hell lot of different companies and places. But if you have family/kids then stick to a boring job at Amazon instead. Better wlb for sure than McKinsey...
OP, do you have any more color on how important/visible the McKinsey role will be? Could be great if they are really expanding it and you are going in on an upswing, but could be really bad if that's just all lip service and you end up doing non-core work with all that shitty travel for basically the same pay and less prestige.
Lots of travel for McK is bad for kids. Don’t do it
Digital expert job at McKinsey is the worst - don’t do it - those guys are still stuck in spreadsheet land.
AWS.
I thought the offer was $36B after you leave Jeff
MvKinsey if you care about prestige. Amazon if you would rather work less.
Thanks a lot guys, what about TC? Does it seems fair for 8 YOE?
McKinsey will definitely have better perks (eg. healthcare and retirement are superior to any option at google) and free vacation with all the points you will collect. As Digital Expert you are likely to work directly with VP and above at many largest organizations in US. Just remember that not all of them might be glamorous - think banking, insurance, utilities etc.
Is the McKinsey role a typical McKinsey consulting role or is it tech? If it’s the first, that’s a very different route than going pure CS and you should decide based on what you want to do with your career. If it is not a role that would lead to career growth in consulting I would take amazon if only because non-consultants are really not the employees that a place like McKinsey is focused on.
The position is a Digital Expert to work with their tech projects under McKinsey Digital. I asked exactly that and they told me McKinsey is increasing investments on the Digital space now. But I agree with you, it’s not their core business.
Amazon imo