I enjoyed it but the Partners are taking too much profit out of the business - Recensione dipendente - Consultant presso Baringa Partners

After a few months I found I was struggling with work load. I spoke to peers and seniors, and, while they were sympathetic, they made it clear that this was just the way it was at baringa. I observed colleagues taking time out for mini burn outs very frequently in my first year. I persuaded myself this is just the price of working in an interesting consultancy, and sacrificed my home life to keep doing the job - no evening activities, no meeting friends in the week, etc. I then was told about how much the Partners at baringa earn - it's ridiculous. Loads of them on more than £1m, with responsibility for about 50 staff or fewer. I now realise the business model - the Partners extract as much as they can, saying yes to all client work and letting staff do brutal hours to deliver this. Staff wage rates have barely increased in a decade, but Partner pay has ballooned. The worst thing about it all is that the partners genuinely believe they are "nice guys" just because they are not as bad as Jeff besoz or whoever. They think they are in the right morally, which gives them the cover to pocket these crazy sums. In the end I realised the conditions would never change, because the leadership doesn't want change. So I left for an investment bank - where I have better pay and lower hours.