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Boston Consulting Group

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Boston Consulting Group reviews

4.2

84% would recommend to a friend

(9,632 total reviews)
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Christoph Schweizer

87% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Boston Consulting Group has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 9,632 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Boston Consulting Group 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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3.0
May 28, 2021
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Pros

Has one of the best health insurance in the market Pay is per market benchmarked standards Has a profit sharing plan at the end of the year ( in lieu of a 401k match) Has a lot of parties and free food Has a fully paid company outing( depends on the office) Has a education reimbursement policy with approval from manager Has lot of rewards and freebies thrown in time to time ( like company logo swag) People are smart in general and nice to each other Overseas travel is another plus Work life balance is optimal

Cons

Very little career mobility within the company No 401k match Has periodic layoffs. I have seen lot of people who get rolled off the company if they can't make partner. The green card policy sucks big time. There is no clear policy that is communicated to the employee. It is very much left at the manager's behest. Managers usually bait and switch the employees using the green card as a tool to keep them. HR is not helpful in resolving such matters. Overall, this is a very top down company. It talks a lot about diversity and equality, but if you peel away the layers , none of it is being practiced, in reality. In my case, my manager kept promising a green card filing for 2.5 years without actually filing it, but always making sure to 'bait and switch'. HR will deny any meetings or calls. Immigration team will work in collusion. To summarize: No diversity at leadership that can understand issues related to immigration BCG managers do not fully comprehend issues faced by immigrants BCG leadership (at Director+ levels) have very little training about the immigration process in this company HR does not fully comprehend issues faced by immigrants and are not very helpful The Green Card process does not provide transparency to the employees, leaving them with zero control of their own situation Needless to say, the different players in the BCG immigration team have any accountability to employees as the process itself doesn't call for it

1.0
May 25, 2021
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Pros

The global brand and global colleagues

Cons

The Moscow office has an extremely high level of arrogance, condescension, and hostility. Russia has few job opportunities, and the people (from the top down) act like they are gods. What they lose in intellect to hedge fund managers, venture capitalists, private equity investors, tech & entrepreneurs etc etc, they MORE than make up for in their arrogance. Horrible place, and the culture is set by the top, so think twice if you expect any change here. There are 0 exit options in Russia, and they know this, so they will do whatever they want. They clearly don't care. Hilarious to hear "BCG values" mentioned in the Moscow office, as if to make the whole experience even more insulting. Some of the partners there, like the head of FI, would never work in a more professional market like London, but this is Russia. Really a horrible horrible place and very different from global offices, where people actually thank you and respect you.

2.0
May 17, 2021
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Pros

Good on your CV, work in different industries, Learn to get things done quickly

Cons

Average projects are not strategic at all and you can be stuck in super boring one for up to 1 years, 99% of managers do not respect you at all, clients will use you as their slave with no respect for your personale life / weekend/ holidays, To get promoted is much more politics than how good you really are on the job, all people will tell you that the job is their dream job while trying to find another ones with same salary and better conditions

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