Hey all, I’ve been working at Deloitte (federal) for 4 months now at the analyst level doing the typical analyst work, like building decks. The original company I wanted to work for had to rescind my offer back in March due to COVID. They’re hiring again and want me to join. It’s a boutique consulting firm, I’ll be apart of the cyber risk team. Which was what I originally wanted to do. My questions are: should I take the offer if the pay is the same? Will Deloitte blacklist me? What’s the stress level / WLB at at boutique compared to Deloitte?
I left Deloitte without an offer due to stress. Again I was a senior manager and spend almost 12 years at the firm
Where at now?
I agree to stick with Deloitte, and would add that I have never heard of the firm blacklisting
Stick around for the first two years. There’s a lot to learn here; you can always bounce later.
Do two years at Deloitte and get out. You can get cyber risk certs through Deloitte’s certifications program, just make a case to your coach that you have an active interest in cyber risk & want to learn more about that area as well. Deloitte will only blackball you if you piss off everyone in your group or if you are shady about leaving.
From a learning perspective, a Deloitte with have much more resources at your disposal as opposed to a boutique so early in your career. You will benefit from learning more early on. No you won't be blacklisted, especially on GPS side. No offense but too many folks try and knock down that door so you're not special in that regard.
Deloitte sucks... if the other firm offers you more money, go there... you will learn wherever you go as you are currently a sponge (analyst)... you already have the brand name on your resume... Federal projects are also boring long term engagements...Deloitte has no loyalty and will lay off any minute they can't squeeze you enough to earn 3x from you (Deloitte will earn 3 times as much as you)...
I’d talk about Deloitte and as a fellow Deloittian my recommendation would be to assess the following - 1. GPS are long term projects with outdated technology usage for their apps. You can do a lot more in the project with new tech at your disposal but it’s a challenge if your basic app is outdated. 2. Deloitte doesn’t pay you as much at analyst level. 3. Boutique start up if chosen right can be very helpful as you’ll be managing and doing most of the work which brings you to learn more. 4. Analysts at Deloitte are given the most labor oriented tasks majorly manual in nature. If you are smart and deploy automation, you’ll be fine and learn. But if you’re average (no offense) and keep doing it the old fashioned way, you’re wasting your time. Deloitte is a name brand but the experience in GPS isn’t that pleasant. Coming from someone who has been in GPS for over 7 years and also wants to switch. Also haven’t heard about D blacklisting people. But expect layoffs once a year if you are below average.
GPS guy here. Find a dope project and stay a year or 2 then bounce . You get to choose your own project and destiny here and Deloitte's name will take you places. Source - 7 yrs here
Thanks for all the comments! It sounds like I should stay with Deloitte. But only being here for a couple month I’m not sure if it’s for me... I get negative feedback from my manager nearly every week. Not sure if he’s just pushing me or I actually suck lol. I know Deloitte is a great resume builder, but if I’m not happy I don’t know if it’s worth it. I’ll have to see what the offer is from the boutique firm and go from there.
You're just on a project with a lousy manager. Can you switch ?
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Stick with deloitte. If you're an analyst it means you're early in your career. Plus Deloitte is a big 4 firm. Never heard about the other place
Agreed. You will learn a lot there in the beginning of your career. Give it one year, and then you can bounce around to other firms if you want or specialize.