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		gaius on Feb 7, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The unfortunate math behind consulting companies FTA: If you had five of these employees you’d be clearing $300,000 per year, which sounds more like it. Except not because scaling brings more time and expense: It was obviously worth it for the partners at the old Andersen Consulting, or VPs at Accenture or any other consulting firm. These were small companies once...

wallflower on Feb 8, 2011 [–]

A decade ago, to be considered for partner at the old Andersen, you had to be bringing in $10-$15M a year in business.

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