Many posts here involve people clamouring to join named consulting outfits, like Accenture, KPMG, McKinsey etc. Most recruiters look for names like this on your CV's. Many clients only engage these names also. Self explanatory, perhaps...butgiven that most if not all have been widely discredited, and have largely contributed to the general perception of the 'management consultant' (look under 'most hated' in the thesaurus), will this cycle ever be broken?