Originally Posted by Unregistered

Similar to what have been said in the first page of this thread. Strategy& and Parthenon follow a different pay scale compared to their advisory or consulting counterparts in PWC and EY.

A fresh undergrad associate at S& or Parthenon easily earns twice as much as their A1 counterparts in advisory/consulting.

Unfair? A1s are guaranteed yearly promotion so you could say eventually the pay will converge when they hit S2/M1 Level.

There are definitely overlaps in the tasking and the pay discrepancy is largely due to the clientele.