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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I left Deloitte Federal after 3 years as a SME.

Forget work-life balance. There's too much work, not enough people, and the resources available (read: allowed to maximize profitability) are too junior and in WAY over their heads. They just can't do the depth of work required.

Then you have to spend the additional hours on all things Deloitte process: being a coach, filling out this form or that snapshot or this, that, and another. Mandatory trainings.

The schmoozing stuff is starting to come back, and it's more time away from your family, with people you don't want to be with. With lots of drinking, that's what helps get people through it. Lots of drinking.

The culture values gunners, rewards people who work ridiculous hours, and who have drank the Kool-aide. I feel bad for people who decide to stay there. It's no way to live, and akin to being in an abusive relationship.

Like the Senior Manager below, left for more money and only 40 hours a week.

It doesn't have to be that way, but that's how Deloitte squeezes ridiculous profits: On the backs of overworked employees. Then they throw some sessions at you about Yoga or managing stress, placing the onus on you to manage working at a place like that. Meanwhile, they do nothing to change the system that perpetuates stress, competition, toxicity, and overwork.

There is no work-life balance. Hard pass if you're contemplating going there. Not worth it. [/quote]

This is the life there.  You will start to realize the higher level people are single or divorced at Deloitte and their lives revolve around their work and socializing with their teams.[/quote]

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