I’ve been at my consulting firm for about seven years. I’m in an external (client facing) role - which I enjoy, for the most part. I find the work interesting, I have a STRONG network, and a lot of flexibility (but this could change as it’s project dependent). However, I’m frustrated by the higher-level politics (did not get a promo recently which I thought I deserved due to said politics) and the up or out culture. I do not want to sell work, and I do not want to become a partner. The money for now is great with potential for more, but again, that is contingent upon climbing the ladder which is a big question mark.
I’ve been offered an internal role at another company that would be a $40K pay increase ($150-190K). The work is (IMO) less interesting than what I do now, I’d have to start to build a network from scratch, and there’s slightly less flexibility. On the flip side, while I’m fairly confident that while I’ll never make millions in this type of internal role, I could easily get to $250K within a couple years and be very employable for the rest of my career. I’m 30 now.
I’m not sure if this is logical or not, but I am so apprehensive about leaving my current company/worried about regretting leaving consulting. Has anyone else made a client facing to internal role switch, and did you regret it?
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