Originally Posted by
VoltaireTheory
Myself along with some of my fellow student friends are considering potential employment opportunities within the organizations above (Avanade, Deloitte, Accenture, MCS aka MSFT Services) among others. We all love to travel and love FT! I'm looking for perhaps a bit of insight into how compensation may differ for fresh graduates coming from uni, going for a position in a major american city (LA, NY, Chicago, Miami) at the entry level for travelling consultants.
Our current understanding - based on loose rumors, former grads and other questionable sources; suggests the following ranking by starting salary (entry level consultant or 'mobile' developer), controlling for city:
Deloitte SI (65-70k + ~10 bonus?)
Avanade (?? + ??)
MCS Entry Consultant (~66k?? + reloc)
Accenture SI (60-65k? +~5 bonus?)
however we have little knowledge of Avanade and no real data point. Also the glassdoor reviews seem a little troubling, though we don't really read much into them at this point. Anyone have any Avanade data points for this info, or care to confirm/unconfirm any of the others? PM's are cool also, along with comments on work culture or anything else!
The compensation from the 3 you know are close enough to not matter - there seems to be a max of 10k gap - what is far more important is how you will fit in the firms, what the progression is and how fast (because that is when the money becomes more relevant), and where and how often they expect you to travel. I've worked alongside 2/4 of those, and they were sending some of their guys to incredibly soul destroying locations (aka not big cities, nothing to do there other than work) for multiple weeks at a time, for a year or more to the same place, doing glorified data entry - yup, you may know how to write super duper programs, revoluntionize IT, but right now, you will produce simple Excel spreadsheets for the client. Until your eyes bleed! That isn't my idea of 'travelling', that is my idea of purgatory!
Of course, it might come down to which one(s) will hire you - you may have your decision made for you!