u/Merrywinds

So I'm a manager in my thirties in a Big4 EU office, on the logistics area. I absolutely love SCM as a domain and consider myself very lucky to having been able to work in the domain for my entire career, in consulting and outside. It was my first lucky job during and after university, and I have no intent on moving away from that. I am losing interest in consulting however, and want to rant a bit.

It is incredibly clear to me that any work outside the logistics space, I have less than zero interest in basically. It also affects my colleagues when I start to take my foot off the gas, and that isn't fair to them either especially when they're juniors. Luckily there are good exit options, and the job market is separated in a strange way; there is high unemployment, but I get constant messages from headhunters. I have a call with another one next week, so it seems like I have some options in the market.

It does bother me a bit personally since I've been in this company for a year or so, but I was working for a competing consultancy for almot three years prior to that, and my problem is indeed with consulting as an industry and 4-ish years is eating into me.

So what I'm actually after is thoughts and experiences, or just reminiscing on your own experiences.

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u/Merrywinds — 18 days ago

So I'm a manager in my thirties in a Big4 EU office, on the logistics area. I absolutely love SCM as a domain and consider myself very lucky to having been able to work in the domain for my entire career, in consulting and outside. It was my first lucky job during and after university, and I have no intent on moving away from that. I am losing interest in consulting however, and want to rant a bit.

It is incredibly clear to me that any work outside the logistics space, I have less than zero interest in basically. It also affects my colleagues when I start to take my foot off the gas, and that isn't fair to them either especially when they're juniors. Luckily there are good exit options, and the job market is separated in a strange way; there is high unemployment, but I get constant messages from headhunters. I have a call with another one next week, so it seems like I have some options in the market.

It does bother me a bit personally since I've been in this company for a year or so, but I was working for a competing consultancy for almot three years prior to that, and my problem is indeed with consulting as an industry and 4-ish years is eating into me.

So what I'm actually after is thoughts and experiences, or just reminiscing on your own experiences.

reddit.com
u/Merrywinds — 18 days ago