If you study cost budgeting, will you go to the construction site or consult a company in the future?

To put it simply, working as a cost engineer and consulting company in a construction unit are two different directions, and there is no difference between good and bad.

First of all, the construction unit is closer to reality, and the dry cost of the construction unit can go deep into the construction site and have a deeper understanding of the actual site, technology, construction method, real market price and so on. However, the construction units are mixed, with experts and a lot of waste. If you enter a good construction unit, you can quickly grow into a cost elite, but if you enter a poor construction unit, you may be idle for a few years and learn nothing. In terms of work, the construction unit is relatively free, and can freely allocate its own working hours under the condition of ensuring the completion of the task, but the construction unit is usually full-time, with no rest and few holidays. Wages are generally calculated by monthly salary or annual salary, and there may be bonuses.

Then, the consulting company pays more attention to theory and is more standardized than the construction unit. But the people in the consulting company are a bit "behind closed doors" because they hardly go to the scene. Many employees of consulting companies have worked in the construction unit for several years and then switched to consulting companies. Such people are usually reliable, and those who work in consulting companies as soon as they graduate are usually seriously out of touch with reality and the real market, and they are more likely to make mistakes in calculation. In terms of work, the consulting company has a rest on weekends, but it is even harder than the construction unit, because the company will continue to take over the business and then hand it over to you. It is common to work overtime until the wee hours every day. Even on weekends, you should consciously work overtime at ordinary times, otherwise you can't finish the task. The salary of consulting company is calculated by commission, that is, if you don't work, you won't get paid. If you spend 8 hours a day, it will cost about 4000 to 5000 a month according to the commission. So in order to ensure your salary, it is impossible not to work overtime. On the contrary, wages are fixed in the construction unit.

By the way, in consulting companies, it is easy to have various occupational diseases because you sit at your desk and face the computer for a long time. For example, lumbar strain, cervical spondylosis and so on, if you work in a consulting company, you may not forget to spend some time doing exercise.