Morale at McKinsey feels like it’s at an all-time low. Ongoing layoffs have gutted internal teams, leaving those who remain fully checked out. Senior leadership seems totally disconnected, asking for updates from teams that were eliminated months ago. Consultants are more stretched than ever, leaving less time to develop the judgment, client skills, and problem solving that once defined the firm. This place is quickly becoming a relic of the past

$7500 mortgage on 12k take home, am I crazy?

How do you compartmentalize work away from personal life and reduce stress? Starting to impact my personal life but need the work money to pay for the mortgage. And does work ever get easier? Like in your 40s? Director level has been a shit show.

McKinsey’s latest people initiative is warning consultants they’ll be dismissed for incorrectly charging time to the beach unless they confess immediately. An email has gone out to all consultants with an allegation of “mass timesheet fraud”. Remarkable that the approach is to create a culture of fear and jump straight to dismissal, rather than ask why timesheet discrepancies might exist in the first place!

🤔 Is loyalty to your employer ever actually worth it?