This Gen Z consultant quit his Big Four job and turned roasting corporate culture into a full-time career

"It's a scene many office workers would recognize - a consultant arguing with their boss about how they should be logging, or not logging, the hours they're putting in, using insider language like daily "touch points" and charging the "client code." Eventually, the boss slips up. "We just don't want your utilization to get too high so we have a reason to lay you off when it comes to layoff season," the boss says. "Oh, wait. I said the quiet part out loud.""

"The scene - "Timesheets In Consulting Make No Sense" - is actually a comedy sketch, one of the most viewed videos on Joe Fenti's Instagram account. It's racked up 1.8 million views and hundreds of comments from users who say they can relate. Fenti, a 29-year-old in Boston, is also saying the quiet part out loud, depicting the frustrations that are all too common in corporate America but often go unacknowledged. They're situations he knows firsthand: Before becoming a full-time content creator and stand-up comedian, Fenti spent five years as a consultant at a Big Four firm."

""I found myself doing a lot of repetitive work and just noticing a lot of silliness in the workday," Fenti told Business Insider. When he started posting videos online, the ones mocking corporate culture resonated the most, and not just with fellow consultants but also with folks in other fields like accounting, investment banking, and private equity. "Wow, this is such a universal experience," he realized. "Corporate is corporate is corporate.""

Joe Fenti began creating comedy sketches mocking workplace rituals while employed at a Big Four consulting firm. A timesheets sketch titled "Timesheets In Consulting Make No Sense" amassed millions of views and hundreds of relatable comments. Fenti spent five years in consulting and noticed repetitive tasks and workplace "silliness" that inspired his content. Videos lampooning corporate routines resonated across industries including accounting, investment banking, and private equity. Monetization of his content eventually exceeded his consulting income, enabling a full-time shift to content creation and stand-up comedy based in Boston.

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