Vantaggi
Honestly the most engaging L&D consulting work I've done. Past three months I've worked with a banking client on compliance training rollout, a manufacturing one on safety and skills, and now a retail customer on customer-service modules. Each industry runs training differently and you learn fast about what actually changes behaviour vs what just ticks a box. Most clients I've worked with have been appreciative — one CHRO sent us a hand-written note after a go-live, which is rare.
Svantaggi
I averaged 8-10 nights a month outside Mumbai my first year. That's the job — every L&D consultancy I've talked to is similar — but if you have a partner who works odd hours or young kids, plan for the friction. Hybrid would help retention here and it's been raised; not sure when it lands. Good fit for someone in their 20s or with grown-up kids; harder for people in between.