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Consulting firms like Accenture are giving recent grads $25,000 stipends to push back their start dates

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Some undergraduates who were set to work at consulting firms after graduation are seeing their start dates pushed back amid a business slowdown.

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Consultants make $175,000 right out of business school. But some of them have nothing to do — so they're just sitting around getting paid.

Tech Insider : Economy
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Recent hires, fresh out of business school, at some big consulting firms don't have enough work to do. They're spending the idle time meal-prepping, taking naps, and even applying for other jobs, the told The Wall Street Journal.

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