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3 Apr, 12 tweets, 7 min read

@Deloitte

"I felt like I was losing my mind, and I was crying at work."

Employees at major consulting firms like @Deloitte and @PwC described how they burned out due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 👇 businessinsider.com/burnout-consul…

@Deloitte

"I was getting a lot of gray hairs. I'm only 28 years old," said a former strategy consultant at @Deloitte who quit during the pandemic.

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@PwC

A former senior associate at @PwC who also quit during the pandemic said on "good days" they would work until 11 p.m.

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@Deloitte

A former strategy consultant at @Deloitte said, "People weren't empathizing with the fact that I was sleep-deprived."

The pandemic has forced consultants to adjust to a new lifestyle; one that involves no traveling, no face-to-face interactions at client sites, and an unspoken standard of clocking up to 100 hours each week.

@Deloitte

A former strategy consultant at @Deloitte said they were told by colleagues that they shouldn't have taken a vacation.

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@PwC

A former advisory associate at @PwC who quit during the pandemic said they were burned out, but didn't tell their manager: "I didn't want to be a wuss while everyone else was also working those same hours."

@KPMG

Only one out of the six people we interviewed, an advisory associate at @KPMG, said they achieved a better work-life balance over the past year.

Four consultants we spoke to have quit their jobs in the last three months.

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@McKinsey

How have consultancies responded to employees' symptoms of burnout?

@McKinsey added benefits such as free or discounted therapy.

@PwC reduced meeting times by 25% and encouraged employees to cancel Friday meetings. businessinsider.com/kpmg-pwc-bcg-f…

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