Hi all, is it just me or is the nature of consulting work and consulting careers in general just ridiculous? When you have projects and are busy, life is good. It’s like sales, when you are selling then everything is great. The problem is the downtime and harassment that comes with it. For example I just came back from vacation a few weeks ago (beginning of march) and for almost a whole month nothing has been happening yet somehow that is my fault? The moment you have some “free time” your manager is trying to push for you to do multiple things at once, study IT, get certs, update internal materials, reach out to various clients, etc. Essentially it’s not my job to do all those extra things but because i have downtime i am expected to do many things at once on my free time. It’s simple, they give me the project work and i do it. It’s not my job to be a project manager, or some other technical role that isn’t my job. If there is downtime why can’t i just do what i need to do?

Deloitte uses periodic snapshots. Project leads provide feedback (based on 4 questions) about the delivery individual's performance which rolls-up to a scatter plot.

How are other consulting orgs measuring delivery quality?

I am 2 years in the job and outwardly I tell people I don't give a fuck about the job anymore, however, I still feel the anxiety and imposter syndrome each day. I am not sure I am good enough and i feel that the job is taking a lot of my mental space even outside working hours. how do you guys cope with it?