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by Vaslo
1161 days ago
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Agree with all of these except the “pay little.” Top consulting firms are crazy expensive to the point we could hire a team of several analysts and a manager for a few years for what we pay them. Engagements are often around $100k a month and when I go looking for one of the consultants to help in an emergency, I often hear they are busy with something else (another client) and need a day to get the request started. When we’re paying 100k a month you better damn well have one person on deck or able to pivot immediately to us as if they are one of our employees. |
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My current client is spending $300M+ a year on an implementation program, and they are going on their third year with 2-3 more to go.
When I say pay little, they need more people and/or more experienced people to actually get the job done right. But they end up off shoring to teams in India or green consultants with zero industry background and limited experience.
They choose the firm with the most compelling economics, but severely overlook quality. They forget that these are organizational changes that impact humans. That outsourcing to lower skilled or different cultural regions will impact communication and team dynamics and overall ability to get things done properly.