Word: firming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...team members see PRTM's "sunny days" policy as an important counterweight to their demanding travel schedules. This policy allows firm employees who are away from home an average of four days a week to take every other Friday off. It's an important tool for recruiting and retention; as Tom puts it, "the choice between family and work is a no-brainer--so why make people choose?" When I say that four days of travel per week still doesn't seem normal, they argue that they "don't work on weekends" as do many consultants and most investment bankers...
...Wang starts her day with a conference call to the Asia Marketing Group, a PRTM team working to refine the firm's strategy in that region. These "firm development" teams serve quickly to integrate the new recruits into planning for PRTM's future and recruiting new clients. Including new hires in important firm decision-making is one example of the peculiar organization of consulting firms. There is a sense of rank and hierarchy within the firm that seems unrelated to the way people interact, but everyone's still conscious of it. Throughout the day, there were only a few moments...
...Still, it is important not to paint consulting with over-broad brush strokes. Whil firm policies and cultures exist that encourage recent college graduates to feel more valued and involved than their entry-level counterparts in other professions, the abundance of teams, mentors and collegiate metaphors does not erase the fact that consulting firms are populated by extremely ambitious and "overachieving" people. During my visit, everyone was on good behavior. But management consultants do not always feel valued, projects that involve tremendous amounts of work may, in fact, have little effect on a client decision-making and sometimes, ambition...
...PRTM helps technology companies structure their strategies, their organizations and their core business processes for competitiveness, profitability and growth. Since its inception in 1976, the firm has worked with over 1,000 technology companies in over 5,000 engagements worldwide. The firm now employs 350 consultants worldwide...
...salary. Analysts just out of college sign up for two-year contracts, and it's understood that most will move on after the contract is up. After that, there are four main routes: An analyst can stay in investment banking and seek a promotion, go to a venture capital firm, to private industry, or to business school. Industry is the most popular choice, especially with 25-year-old Internet millionaires cropping up everywhere--some analysts even leave early for Silicon Valley. And more and more graduates are skipping finance altogether to found their own Internet companies; some college students...