I decided to quit my very easy job and take harder, more mainstream consulting job at a Big 4 Consulting company. I don't dare mention their name (DT) here because they have resources to comb through rarely visited website for their company name in order to add people to their "list".
As y'all know, I once worked for PwC and this is very similar to that (except there is less drinking). I had forgotton how lovely it is to hear such action phrases as:
Ping, end-of-the-day, moving target, successfully navigate, gap, scenarios, client site, on my radar, strategize, deliverable, go-live, on tap, slide deck, on-my-plate, compartmentalize and reach out.
I'm also greatly "impacted" by how much my fellow consultants love to pontificate about innane matters, or "participate in circular conversations" as they put it. As a result, communication that could be achieved in simple grunts (as we communicate in my household) now require hours of "face time" scheduled via reoccuring meeting coordinators and MS Outlook and they frequently involve "take-aways" and "action items" (this last phrase got some "air play" from Crazy Chuck a while ago as well).
So basically the "view from 30,000 feet" is that it's a nutty, mixed up world here at the "Global SI's". Now if I could just find a firm partner that utters phrases like "monkey's trying to fuck a football" I'd be in great shape.
Fellow consultants pontificating on inane matters...isn't this how Lowbar got started in the first place?
Hey, I can't believe that Howie sold out to the MAN...AGAIN!!! Hi, I'm Howie, I can't wait to get back to Fairfax.
