What kind of business is bamp;t in the first half of my life?

Many netizens joke that bamp;t=bianti=abnormal?

bamp;t In fact, it is a consultant type, so how annoying is such a company, then read on!

What is a consultant in the first half of my life

A popular video recently A very interesting drama - "The First Half of My Life", adapted from Yi Shu's novel of the same name. If I could summarize "My First Half of Life" in one sentence, it would probably tell the "wonderful" story of a stay-at-home wife who outsmarts her cheating husband and his mistress, and finally successfully counterattacks in the workplace. PS: It has a glamorous background in the consulting industry.

Succinct, concise and perfect.

The star in the play=RB?

B&T=McKinsey?

As soon as the play came out, many consultants couldn’t help but shout: Finally there is a TV series about my big consultation. But since this drama still can’t escape the suspicion of being an urban ethics drama, so besides Chen Daoming’s handsomeness, all I pay attention to in this drama is who are the prototypes of the two consulting companies involved in this drama and where is the drama? Where was the view taken?

In "My First Half of Life", it can still be seen that it has gone through some industry research, and there is no weird plot like the inexplicable jump from HR to financial consultant in "Ode to Joy 2". It is said that before the filming started, the screenwriter conducted in-depth interviews with MBB consultants and project managers, and the director team also went to shoot the scenes. Therefore, the two consulting companies involved in the play - Chenxing and B&T, all used MBB's frigid style. The decoration style is quite friendly looking at the setting in a TV series.

The settings of these two companies are also very interesting.

Chenxing is the company where the cheating husband of the heroine Luo Zijun works. The company is average in size and its reputation is far inferior to that of another B&T. It is positioned as a grassroots consulting company that has gained momentum in the past two years. But its logo looks like this:

It looks like a McKinsey II. Although Chenxing vaguely mentioned that it is a local consulting company, in reality, the gap between local consulting and foreign investment is too large, and there is no comparability. Therefore, overall, Chenxing is probably more like a Tier 2 RB that has done a good job in localization.

The clue given in the play about another company B&T is that the company is very large, leading the industry, and well-known in the industry. The name B&T and the design of the logo can easily make people think of BCG, but if you think about it carefully, B&T is probably more likely to be McKinsey. After all, although the consulting industry is famous for MBB, there is always only one McKinsey.

This drama also has some interesting little settings. For example, although Chenxing and Bamp;T are in the same building, Chenxing is on the 6th floor and Bamp;T is on the 32nd floor. From the 6th floor in Lujiazui, you can probably only see the glass of the building opposite, but from the 32nd floor, you can see the entire Bund. From this, you can see the huge gap in economic strength.

Consulting

It is an elite circle

Because it involves competition for customer resources, the smell of gunpowder between consulting companies is very strong. In the TV series, He Han, played by Jin Dong, as a partner, switched from Bamp;

In reality, there was once a consultant from McKinsey and a consultant from Bain who caught the same flight, and the business class was booked by the two of them. MBB people can generally tell which club the other party belongs to just by looking at their computer configuration and clothing, so the scene was very awkward and the temperature dropped to zero degrees.

However, the consulting industry is also an industry with a very small circle. In reality, the frequency of communication between consultants may be more frequent and interesting. There once was a very smart kid who relied on his previous experience in MBB. After the internship experience, he was successfully promoted to a Tier 2 company. Later, the consultant who interviewed him happened to talk to a friend, who happened to be the person in charge of the project at the time. Then the friend sincerely expressed that I had never heard of this classmate's name. After final verification, the child was indeed very smart and told the internship story of his dormitory roommate fully and comprehensively.

This place

is the dream of many business students

Tang Jing said at the beginning, "I have studied and practiced hard for so many years, just hoping to use Various methods are used to calculate an objective and fair data conclusion.”

But who doesn’t think so when they first enter the consultation. Dreams are beautiful, but reality is cold.

The reality of industry competition has caused consulting companies to be unable to focus on their own industries or fields of expertise. Instead, they are gradually losing themselves in the process of grabbing customers. For its employees, it can feel like you're gradually losing your way in the shallow end.

Tang Jing is also a lost member, so He Han said to her, "Data is dead. How to arrange and combine the data to draw conclusions is living."

In Mai There are mentor and sponsor systems in the government:

The most accurate explanation of the two is:

Mentors are those people who say to you, "Let's have a cup of coffee together."

When you encounter problems and confusion, Mentor will be happy to share his personal opinions with you, give guidance and suggestions, and will be happy for your success.

Sponsors are those people who say to you "come to this meeting with me".

They support you in the workplace, hone your abilities, give you opportunities to shine, lead you to a larger platform, and allow you to grow. When you succeed, their faces light up.

For Tang Jing, He Han was probably both a mentor and a sponsor.

McKinsey is like red wine

BCG is like strong tea, Bain is like cocktails

Tang Jing’s setting reminds me of former McKinsey global managing partner, Li Yi promise. She is also a woman, equally smart, and equally outstanding. When she first joined McKinsey's Los Angeles office in 2005, she was the only foreigner that year. At that time, the office secretaries of Maifu were basically American aunts who had been working in the company for about 20 years. They had a tradition that every year when new people came, they would observe them and then everyone would place a bet on who among this group of people could succeed. As a partner, it is said that the hit rate is extremely accurate.

Li Yinuo guessed that no one would choose her at that time. Her biggest worry was whether she would be fired next week. But that’s how she ended up as a partner at McKinsey.

The employees of Maifu are very affectionate. In the selection, Maifu has been selected as one of the companies with the highest employee loyalty several times. This is also because of its unique and profound corporate culture.

It is said that in the early years, Harvard Business School was composed of 3M, Morman (Mormon Church), Military (Army), and McKinsey (McKinsey). Religion and the military are both places where culture is the most important. McKinsey can actually compete with the military and religion. This is also evident from its cultural heritage.

Except for culture, McKinsey employees are also very interesting. Your colleagues may come from all over the world and come from all walks of life. It might be veterans or competitive athletes. They are those legendary good and interesting people. McKinsey's exit path is very interesting. Consulting is a rare and sentimental industry. Although in the drama He Han left for Chenxing in order to get dividends, in reality, the reasons why consultants left were varied.

In 2015, Li Yinuo left McKinsey, where she had worked for ten years, and joined the Gates Foundation. As a public welfare organization, the income has dropped significantly, and the work is only much more than before.

“The reason for going to Gates is not for a sense of moral superiority. The core of the work of the Gates Foundation is also to solve problems, and it solves larger, more complex, and globally focused problems.”—— Li Yinuo

You need to have a certain level of consciousness to do consulting work. One of your reports or one of your decisions may affect the fate of hundreds or even thousands of people.

A consultant in Maifu once wrote in his memoirs that in the last century, he was entrusted to solve a cost down case, and the company requested to cut labor costs. Their team went to the company's mines. From their reluctance at the beginning, they became familiar with these workers, and finally had to come up with a layoff plan based on the situation. The feeling of consultation is probably based on this. You find that your efforts can really change something.

eFinancialCareers once conducted a survey and found that people in investment banks care most about financial returns, while people in the consulting industry also value corporate culture as much as money.

Each MBB company has its own unique corporate culture:

McKinsey is like wine, passively aggressive and elegant; BCG is like tea, gentle and wise; Bain is like cocktail, energeticand innovative.

This is the most artistic and graceful description of MBB culture I have ever heard.

The night of consultation

It was brilliant

Back to the play.

In the evening, He Han and Tang Jing took Luo Zijun to a small bar in the business district of the company to see what those people who were so busy in the office during the day were like at night.

The nights in Lujiazui are psychedelic and intoxicating. This is the favorite place for B&T people. During the day, girls with thick-framed eyes and professional skirts change into white ones. Xiao Liqun, let down your hair. Luo Zijun thought: The scene here is much more charming than the scene in the company in the morning. The vividness and brilliance of these people can be seen in each picture. Confident, cunning, substantial, active and ambitious, Luo Zijun searched for many words, but she still couldn't find the words that could accurately describe this scene.

After a short break, they returned to the company and continued working.

This does reflect the working status of the consulting company in a sense. After finishing the day's work, the consultants may make an appointment with project colleagues or clients, find a high-end restaurant to have dinner and chat. Talk about projects and work. Then go back to the hotel or company to start the second shift of work until late at night.

Consulting is a small circle, and the importance of Networking is even more prominent. Starting from college, consulting target schools have established their own consulting associations. In future work, you are more likely to meet your mentors and helpful friends in social situations.

Probably because of the need for dramatic conflict, the play did not show the rich and strong culture of consulting, nor did it highlight the various interesting people in the industry. It focused more on office politics. , I only saw busyness and no fun, which is a pity.

Finally

Let’s talk about money

As a point of complaint for many consultants about the drama, money is indeed exaggerated a lot in the drama. Sincerely I hope no friend will be deceived into pursuing consulting because of this.

Now I am a little worried that my wife will see this film and think that I have made a lot of personal money and have not turned it over. ——Ex-consultant of a certain big V in Zhihu

Let’s roughly estimate the money received by each protagonist.

Chen Junsheng and Tang Jing should both hold senior manager-level positions. The rank error is about 1-2 levels. There should be no problem with these two's annual salary exceeding one million;

He Han is at the level of Par, and his annual salary should be around tens of millions;

As for Ling Ling, she is only in a position of doing basic data analysis in a small company like Chenxing, and her annual salary is about RMB 10 The position of -150,000 floats.

Consulting is indeed an industry where you can make a lot of money. Even if you are not rich but an investment bank, you can still achieve a considerable level. But consulting is indeed a sunset industry. The economic downturn, lack of implementation of strategies, and fewer and fewer customers for new market entry have all led to the fact that this nearly century-old industry has begun to enter the elderly stage.

But he is still the dream of many business students.

Not long ago, I had dinner with a classmate who came from Shanghai on a business trip. She said: It’s too damn tiring to do this business. You have to be a lover with a consultant, never a husband and wife with a consultant.

I remembered a sentence I saw not long ago, and I replied to her:

"Welcome to the consulting world, it sucks, but you are gonna love it."

This is consultation, as for consultation in TV dramas

It’s ridiculous and perfunctory, don’t be envious and don’t take it seriously