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&lt;p&gt;Having asked consultants to comment on their competitors in our 2010 Consulting Survey, it&#39;s not surprising to read that many have less-than-stellar things to say. Here are some of the catty epithets that have been unleashed on a few of last year&#39;s top-10 firms. Remember that firms are not allowed to rank themselves in terms of prestige (which might help explain where some of this aggression stems from).&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;embeddedObject&quot; src=&quot;http://content.screencast.com/users/nnewman/folders/Jing/media/de26b6bb-1477-4f61-a0d4-5cb760546dcd/2010-04-30_1358.png&quot; width=&quot;208&quot; height=&quot;232&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Animal House&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Cannot execute their own strategy recommendations&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Firm trains people to be ultra competitive, but people leaving the firm are unable to adjust to other cultures&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;We&#39;re picking up a lot of their former clients, who are now in need of results instead of nice presentations&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Type-A, Type-A, Type-A&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Seem to really promote a love of the firm by making your life about the firm&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;The only women I met there were the receptionists&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Very smart analytical guys with little personality&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Nerds, antisocial&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Polished, a bit process bound&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Braniacs trying to invent cold fusion&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;A fraternity in every sense of the word&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Disorganized, very time intensive, archaic culture&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Dead in the water&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Has the name, but the majority of employees are unimpressive&quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Cutthroat, in financial trouble&quot;&lt;p&gt;

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