Pros
* Consulting in general provides good exposure to diverse corporate environments, industries, and working styles * Most V.P.'s and Senior Managers were strong and were liked * Opportunities to move groups and industries (if you so choose) * Opportunities to move to other metropolitan areas (if you so choose) * Some opportunity for international travel (if you so choose) * Good place to go if you don't need a lot of "care and feeding" with regards to career management or counseling (can be con as well) * Respectable vacation and benefits policies. Four weeks of vacation out of the gate.
Cons
* Way too much travel. Not enough attention to getting people staffed locally * Pace can be intense at times depending on client, Sr. management on the project, and whoever sold the project * Consulting in general has it's down sides and CG is no exception. Companies tend to hire out the work that they either can't or don't want to do. Thus sometimes you get put on bad projects. * Sometimes no choice in assignments. if you are on the beach and available, almost always you are going. Because of this, self -career management can be challenging. * During market downturns, Consultants are the first to go when corporations are making cuts. Thus I weathered many rounds of layoffs * Bonuses were weak compared to other companies * As with any firm/company a few challenging V.P.'s / Sr. Managers. * Some loss of the "Big 4" cache due to sale of E&Y Consulting division to French based Capgemini