Ex-McKinsey reacts: Fired from McKinsey

What is it like to get fired from McKinsey and lose your job? Losing your job can be a daunting experience, especially if you just landed a position at a Tier 1 consulting firm like McKinsey. This is exactly what happened to fellow YouTuber Anna Reich. In this reaction video, I comment on what Anna's account of how she lost her job at McKinsey. I share my personal reflection on what you can learn from that when starting your own career in consulting as well. Learn how to not get fired from consulting and how to start your first consulting job successfully. Original video from ‪@theannareich‬:    • How I Lost My Job at McKinsey   This video does not endorse any statements of Anna Reich and neither confirms nor denies whether what Anna Reich describes is accurate or not. Chapters 00:00 Getting fired from consulting job 02:16 How staffing in consulting works 04:14 Being "on the beach" or "on the bench" in consulting 06:51 Consulting performance reviews and "up or out" 09:52 Importance of utilization in consulting 14:55 Why failure has no meaning 🎓 FOR INDIVIDUALS - MENTORING PROGRAM* With our Firm Learning Mentoring program, we can help you if you are i) a candidate looking to land your dream job, ii) a professional who is looking to advance in your career or iii) a leader supervising a team. We offer free initial consultations: https://link.firmlearning.com/slides 💡 FOR TEAMS - CORPORATE TRAININGS* Heinrich offers corporate trainings on Communications, Slide Writing and Problem Solving. Learn more about opportunities to train your team: https://www.firmlearning.com/for-teams 📄 CV AND COVER LETTER TEMPLATE* Get a CV and cover letter template based on my own documents. With earlier versions of this CV and cover letter, I successfully applied to McKinsey as consultant: https://link.firmlearning.com/learning 📊 THINK-CELL - EXTENDED TRIAL* think-cell is the leading PowerPoint tool to create professional slides. It is used by many corporates and consulting firms around the globe. Get access to an extended free trial: https://link.firmlearning.com/think-c... 👍 CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP Become a member of Firm Learning to support my work and get access to perks: https://link.firmlearning.com/join 📩 NEWSLETTER Sign-up to the Firm Learning e-mail newsletter for more regular content: https://link.firmlearning.com/e-mail ☑️ RECOMMENDATIONS* Book recommendations: https://link.firmlearning.com/books Travel like a consultant: https://link.firmlearning.com/travel GMAT study material: https://link.firmlearning.com/gmatstudy My video equipment: https://link.firmlearning.com/myequip... 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: https://link.firmlearning.com/instagram TikTok: https://link.firmlearning.com/tiktok LinkedIn: https://link.firmlearning.com/linkedin Discord: https://link.firmlearning.com/discord Twitch: https://link.firmlearning.com/twitch Facebook: https://link.firmlearning.com/facebook NB: * Links are Affiliate or Sponsored links. I receive a fixed fee or revenue share whenever a purchase is made. The price for you stays the same. Thanks for your support! All views expressed on this channel are private opinions of this channel's creator Heinrich. This is NOT an official channel of any consulting firm.