 In contrast to the traditional "up or out" policy in management consulting, the firm offers a "direct to partner" route in six to nine years, where employees who are hired after completing a Bachelor's degree can be promoted to senior levels without obtaining a Masters in Business Administration.In a quote to "The New York Times", a company partner lamented that “[w]hat you find typically with the business schools is that they don’t do customization the way firms like ours do.