u/Single_Specific_648

Been at Deloitte about a year in consulting and I am worn down. I'll admit I was told workload would be heavy so I came in ready for long hours and a lot of deliverables. What they did not describe is what heavy actually means here and it is not more of one job. It is three jobs at once with nobody really telling you which one you are supposed to be doing other than this has to get done for the client.

Technically I have one role but in reality I am a architect, project manager and the developer all at the same time. I start the morning with status updates, spend the morning who gave updates that don't make sense or didn't give them. The afternoon is spent designing whatever solution and writing the code myself in the afternoon because that was supposed to be my actual job. I absolutely hate that we just generate requirements of thin air on old school conference calls and I have no idea how any one functions without recordings or teams transcripts.

The part I hate the most is nobody mentioned during hiring that project teams I work with are are in India and Ireland so my day starts when theirs is already almost over. That puts me waking up at 5:30 AM and I am expected to be sharp from the first call. The only way to survive that would be logging off early to recover. I cannot do that either since the firm contribution hours still need to get hit on top of client work. Normally, I'd go after for a drink but I'm too tired, need to sleep so I can wake up earlier the next day. Supposedly, this is suppose to be at team effort too and everytime I've tried get my skip or others involved they show up maybe once or twice then tell me they're stuck on client work.

Anyone else in the same boat? Does this get better or is this just the job?

Over the last year a bunch of the accounts I followed went dark from club Instagrams, dancer TikToks and even some of the the local Facebook Groups are just gone. Others just stopped posting around last spring and never came back. The thing is most of these places are still open, seem steady but you would never know it online. Some of their posts are over a year old.

What is the actual story? Did Mark Zuckerberg decided to crackdown all the sudden? Or club management decide paying zoomers for likes on social media wasn't bringing in new customers? Everyone keeps saying the business is dying too and maybe they are right?

Does anyone know the real reason or do I need to start looking for a new hobby?

Hey all,

Sort of new at the firm been here about a year and did consulting before this at another company but never for big4. I am on the tech side so it seems that I am a bit away from audit or the real side of consulting but still goddamn the volume of work here is… a lot? Like, there are times where I could easily work 60h+ weeks both my manager and client wouldn’t mind it all. I have to say though literally goto bed thinking about my job, things going on in my project, etc. In the past I would join meetings with coworkers maybe talk about what we did last weekend, etc. but here it is straight to work no small talk.

I don’t mind it, it does pay but is every project typically pretty large and intense? And do you actually work those 45-50 hours? I would say I do at about 80% focus with the occasional break to check the news or get a snack. My mornings are generally full of meetings I do stuff in not just there so I have to really work. I do take a long lunch but sort of working during it, more work, late afternoon nap and probably an or two before bed.

Hey all,

Finally pulled the trigger and flat up asked out my ATF of all time to date. She didn't hesistate but the date was just a dud. She recently moved, got out of relationship and I'm stuck working in a completely different city. I felt like I was probably too stiff but goddamn this just sucks, sucks so bad. I did the unthinkable get her real name, number, went out on a date and it was just didn't turn out.

In the end, I guess it's better knowning that I know it wouldn't work out instead of pondering but fuck. Fuck. This sucks.

Hey all,

Got brought onboard last year in Sept and maybe billed 14 hours in 2025? When I log into DPerf or whatever the HR Tools all I see is that I met expectations three times in small text box. There is nothing else. I've got a several snapshots this year but can't see anything inside of them? My Coach says she talked to one of my managers, said I was doing well and I've billed somthing like 500+ hours with good client feedback. I will admit one of the projects I was on was horrible, terribly organized, I hated it and did get some flak but in the end it was sucessful. That's just how I feel about it however my question is do I not see any of this until next year?

If it is, that seems wild that I can't see results. Why is it like that? And, do I even get a raise or a bonus this year?