[JamesNK]

A succinct way of putting it is there is a finite profit margin on consulting.

[dgacmu]

Agreeing: https://priceonomics.com/which-companies-have-the-highest-re...

Accenture is #493 of the S&P500, at $101k of revenue per employee. (!) They're doing a bit better than McDonalds (#497). The scalability argument holds -- compare to Netflix, which scales quite well (#23, $1.9M/employee).