it would be perfectly reasonable for the OP to input into that decision As a recent employee, the OP was not there when the consultants were taking input. It

it would be perfectly reasonable for the OP to input into that decision As a recent employee, the OP was not there when the consultants were taking input. It looks like the decision was made before the OP came on board. At this point the appropriate behavior is to accept the consensus because working together in the present is more important than a hypothetical future of possible minor benefit. And for perspective, not knowing the players is a minefield of dumbtax. Consultants often have long standing relationships with clients’ senior staff and there can be everything from holiday gift boxes to golf weekends to Vegas junkets to direct family ties. Relitigating the details of an obvious business decision is stupid on many levels.