Have never worked for a big 4 but have interacted a lot with people who do / did work for consultancy firms. Mostly on the management consultancy side, even tho

Have never worked for a big 4 but have interacted a lot with people who do / did work for consultancy firms. Mostly on the management consultancy side, even those placed within IT departments were more "management" than "engineering" (Im not sure if this is what they mean by IT Advisory). From what I gathered it was long hours, bending to clients, lots of justifying-your-existence style work. Think Powerpoint ninja VS Pivotal labs engineer. On the flip side, great pay and great career prospects. The latter, beyond a good name in your CV, is due to a well known dynamic where placements are offered permanent roles in the companies they are advising. The firms themselves support this as they know that their ex-employee is more likely to support the firm's business in that and future roles.