what are the happiest occupations?

311Griff
Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:50:14 +0000

veggz, I was going off of an interview/story I read recently about the most satisfying careers… and one was management consulting. I did consider the possible job cuts recommended by consultants, and I see how that would be tough to swallow, except that sometimes you have to learn that decisions have to be made on the better of two bads… either the company goes bankrupt and possibly dies, or some people lose their jobs with layoff packages, and unemployment benefits until they find something else… this is the natural flow of business, and ethical or not, it’s unavoidable.

The story I read did talk about long hours, but the way the interviewee explained it was that the hours are flexible and his firm had a “do what it takes” policy, so if a family event came up, and the consultant could adjust his schedule accordingly, then by all means, they could take time off, etc. Nevertheless, one huge downside of consulting, IMO, is the unpredictability of client requests and requirements of your time.