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.

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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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Employees earning over $150,000 are more likely to prefer WFH, McKinsey research finds

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High-earning senior employees are willing to take a pay cut to keep working from home, McKinsey research finds.
High-earning senior employees are willing to take a pay cut to keep working from home, McKinsey research finds.

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Blue-chip consulting firm Bain is reportedly offering new hires $20,000 to become yoga instructors or go on safari for a year

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Bain is reportedly offering new MBA hires tens of thousands of dollars to delay their start at the consulting firm.

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Meet Laxman Narasimhan, a coffee industry outsider who just took over as CEO of Starbucks

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Laxman Narasimhan, Starbucks' new CEO.

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Management consulting firm McKinsey & Co plans to cut 2,000 jobs after adding 17,000 over the past 5 years: reports

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The 10 companies that produce the most startup founders, including Bain, McKinsey, and Sony

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Heidi Zak, the founder of the bra company ThirdLove, used to work for McKinsey & Co.

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