Quick When I mention the name of a top-tier professional services firm, what do you think of? Plush offices, great colleagues, prestigious jobs? Well, what if I told you it actually epitomised incompetence, bureaucracy, poisonous office politics and sex, all thrown in together? Surprised? Well, read on for one man's inside story on how these firms really work, the unhinged people you'll come across and what you can do to protect yourself against the insanity of such environments.