Consultants

Unicorn (Unicorn@Indenial.com)
Thu, 15 Oct 1998 01:47:56 -0400

"Top Ten Things You Shouldn't Say At A Consulting Interview"

10. I'm a T-shirt and jeans kind of person.

9. Do you pay overtime?

8. I hate flying.

7. I'm useless without ten hours of sleep a night.

6. There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.

5. Do you cover rental cars for collision?

4. Stanford taught me that working in teams is great for slackers.

3. I think three letter acronyms are for people too stupid to remember
whole phrases.

2. Two words: family first.

1. Call it what you want, it still means firing people.

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"Top Ten Things You'll Never Hear From A Consultant"

10. You're right; we're billing way too much for this.

9. Bet you I can go a week without saying "synergy" or "value-added."

8. How about paying us based on the success of the project?

7. This whole strategy is based on a Harvard business case I read.

6. Actually, the only difference is that we charge more than they do.

5. I don't know enough to speak intelligently about that.

4. Implementation? I only care about writing long reports.

3. I can't take the credit. It was Ed in your marketing department.

2. The problem is, you have too much work for too few people.

1. Everything looks OK to me.