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Elon Musk spells danger for Accenture, McKinsey and their rivals

by matthewsinclair on 2/25/25, 12:14 PM with 40 comments

  • by jordanb on 2/25/25, 1:45 PM

    The danger for consulting companies is that Elon is using their strategies with even more arrogance, even younger and poorly-qualified consultants, even less understanding of the what they're wrecking, and even more contrived metrics to make decisions.

    DOGE is the accelerationist end-state of the consultant economy.

  • by Pingk on 2/25/25, 1:33 PM

    Consulting companies destroy valuable institutional knowledge and make the government less effective, so I'm onboard in theory.

    The flipside of removing them is you now need to hire experts/specialists to do the work properly, not fire them...

    https://youtu.be/ycVBoWsGLJs

  • by pjc50 on 2/25/25, 1:50 PM

    McKinsey were major contributors to the opiate epidemic. They should have been banned from any US government business already.

    https://www.mckinsey.com/de/news/presse/settlement-funds

  • by alonohana628 on 2/25/25, 12:53 PM

    I really see no problem in posing a danger for consulting companies.
  • by viraptor on 2/25/25, 1:24 PM

  • by watwut on 2/25/25, 1:09 PM

    Hopefully they will all come out weaker from mutual fight.
  • by djmips on 2/25/25, 3:21 PM

    I wouldn't be surprised if they aren't able to jockey into a position that sees their continued success. That's what they are good at right?
  • by fransje26 on 2/25/25, 1:26 PM

    Don't threaten me with a good time..
  • by akagusu on 2/25/25, 4:38 PM

    I keep asking myself when HN will stop censoring everything about Musk
  • by bryanrasmussen on 2/26/25, 2:21 AM

    OK, why is this flagged?!? It's from the Economist for god's sake, I can't help but feel the reason why it got flagged was because it was critical of Musk?
  • by gherkinnn on 2/25/25, 4:14 PM

    Pay wall but headline has me in high spirits. Good riddance, Elon remains a fart face but anything that hurts the blight that is these consultancies is welcome.
  • by ryandvm on 2/25/25, 2:12 PM

    Broken clock does what?