I got friends in KPMG and they bill on the order of 900/hr per team. I have little doubt the consultants work harder -- they bloody well better -- but if that'

I got friends in KPMG and they bill on the order of 900/hr per team. I have little doubt the consultants work harder -- they bloody well better -- but if that's 2x or 3x the regular hires is absolutely up for debate. I'd argue probably not. And it leaves out the main point: most of these consultants are blame shields for officials -- "we moved to technology X because Bain & Deloitte told us to". But when you look at the numbers, the spreasheets don't add up, and it's clear that a VP decided this was the course and needed ammo to back it up.