PowerPoint Rangers

摘要

A young consultant's life is gruelling. A typical week starts before dawn on Monday, with a rush to the airport and a flight to wherever the client is based. A typical brain-for-hire can expect to stay in hotels at least three nights a week, gorging on minibar peanuts and glumly texting a distant lover. "It's quite normal to spend a year living out of a suitcase," sighs one London-based consultant. An ex-McKinseyite in New York adds that 15-to 18-hour weekdays are normal and six-to eight-hour Saturdays and Sundays common. It can be draining, she admits.