Hi All, is anyone here who works in strategy worried about redundancy/getting the sack as work is so incredibly slow at the moment. Half of my firm is on the bench and its been like that for months - am seriously getting worried..any insights/advice?

Depends on the firm..is it a pure strategy firm or a full outsourcing provider that has a strategy division (ACN/IBM)? It depends..give more info if you like

I for one work for a small firm and business has been very slow for a while... starting to get very worried also

Come to the Middle East they are crying out for Strategy people

Who do you work for Paul? Who is hiring aside from the MBBs?

ACN Strategy and the management team isnt communicating anything in regards to the slump

ACN is big enough to afford you. Although if we'll go through a full-blown recession cycle quite senior consultants usually have to go. if you have between 2-4 years of experience you should be quite safe. If you like have a look through the following article: "How to stay employed if (when) a recession hits" http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=careers&articleId=9058639&taxonomyId=10&intsrc=kc_top