Bain & Company reviews

4.3

89% would recommend to a friend

(8,358 total reviews)
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Christophe De Vusser

93% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

Bain & Company has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 8,358 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Bain & Company employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Beratung industry (3.7 stars).

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4.0
Jul 24, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

A great working environment, very supporte and collaborative peers. Bain can offer various opportunities to develop one's skills, such as individualized training as well as international and regional training with ofer fellows. As much as case work is quite demanding and challening (I.e: long hours..) there is a strong work-life balance emphasis and time-off is given when necessary (if you need to attend family reunions etc... ) Feedback happens on a constant informal and formal ways. You are always encourage to seek advice on ways to improve all skills and resources will be found to help you advance. In all, Bain is a great place to work in consulting as a career or as a career booster.

Cons

Very rigid in terms of advancement, sometimes way too structured. Benefits change from one office to the other

2.0
Jul 24, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Bain & Company surely is a top consulting firm in Italy along with McKinsey (BCG is 1/3 of Bain/McK size). Paycheck is extremely competitive when referring to Italy only (where there's shortage of finance job). Bain & Company Milan provides a very diverse work environment as you could be engaged on projects on various industries - e.g. in the last 2 years I worked in the fashion, automotive, consumer goods, banking and manufacturing industries. Bain's Milan human capital is top of the notch as people share over the top degrees (from Italian schools only!) and competence is pretty high. Company has 2 branches (Milan & Rome)

Cons

Bain & Company Milan is not part of Bain & Company network (there's just a revenue sharing agreement in exchange for the brand) - corporate culture is completely different at the point that when participating in global corporate training you feel being part of a different company. Managers and partners do not have respect for personal committments and a 80+ hours workweek might be usual as well as you might have to answer a partner's call on Sunday night. Travelling is generally limited to Italy's border but might be stressful as you're off 5 days on the week (vs. 4 in anglo saxon countries). The Admin staff is well trained to cut expenses and the overall managing of non core office duties is time consuming and very bureaucratic. Library service is pretty inefficient. The way work is organized and structured at Bain Milan is miles away from other offices.

5.0
Jul 22, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

If you want to build the true fundamental skills that one needs to succeed in business, Bain is the best. Unlike McKinsey, we dont work on studies. We focus on data driven analysis to solve strategic issues facing senior executives.

Cons

As with all consulting firms, if you happen to work with a difficult and self-serving manager, it will make for a horrible experience. Unfortunately, there are some bad apples out there. Overall, I found those to be in the minority.

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