Top Consultancies Freeze Starting Salaries as AI Threatens ‘Pyramid’ Model
Financial Times · December 1, 2025
““AI disruption is more real in professional services and technology than in the rest of the economy.” — Namaan Mian, COO, Management Consulted”
The Australian Financial Review, republishing Financial Times reporting, cited Management Consulted’s compensation data and COO Namaan Mian to examine how AI-driven productivity is contributing to frozen starting salaries and reshaping consulting’s traditional pyramid staffing model. Management Consulted also highlighted firms’ growing preference for experienced specialists over junior generalists as technology implementation becomes a larger share of consulting work.