McKinsey Consultants Can Eat Dirt and Die

A "recovering print journalist" lays into the consultants who cut her job at Time before they struck at Conde Nast

WHO: Lisa Takeuchi Cullen

WHERE: TrueSlant

LENGTH: 187 words

WHERE SHE WROTE BEFORE CONSULTANTS FORCED HER TO TAKE A BUYOUT: Time Magazine

THE ENEMY: McKinsey consultants

WHY: The "twentysomethings with fancy degrees who've never worked a day in the magazine industry -- or any other honest line of work," are ruining journalism

MEMORIES OF CONSULTANTS: "They sat silently in the back row at edit meetings. They held hushed conferences in some borrowed offices. They made a lot of copies. They made a lot of copies. They used a productivity diagram so ridiculous it could have come off the set of 'The Office.' When they had eaten enough donuts, they left a seven-figure bill and instructions to lay off hundreds of people"

WHAT THEY SHOULD EAT INSTEAD: "Dirt"

THE LAST WORD:

There's a special parking spot reserved in hell for McKinsey consultants. The news is just breaking that Condé Nast, the venerable magazine publisher, is shutting down three of its storied titles: Gourmet, Modern Bride and Cookie.

[...]I hope the twerps are happy eating Kraft mac and cheese, wearing ugly wedding dresses and dressing their children in hand-me-downs. Because the editorial talent at those three magazines sure won't be lifting a finger to help them.