Boston Consulting Group reviews

-Culture and work/life vary from office to office, but typically is very poor. Expect 65-80 hours a week typically when you are on a case -Travel is constant; you will average 15-16 days a month at least -From my experience, despite the marketing during recruiting, typically work is not about innovation, creative thinking, and teamwork; it's 'find, mind, grind.' It's a far cry from its formidable legacy; as it's grown at least an order of magnitude since the Bruce Henderson days, BCG is not an innovative organization compared to its peers--it's lost its edge -Compared to McKinsey or Bain, BCG does less pure strategy work and tends to reward 'output' more than quality. Its reporting and decks tend to be denser (meaning more work for a consultant)

While BCG tries to look after your work life balance, often it does a poor job of it, and you end up working 80-100 hour weeks. In the SF office, management has done a terrible job of communicating with junior members. Staffing is extremely opaque; consultant's input is rarely taken into account; it's mostly about what the company needs and not at all about what you want or need. The day after our CEO came and talked about no layoffs, the office senior management laid off a number of junior consultants masquerading that as the "up-or-out" policy. Extremely shameful and disappointing. I've lost a great deal of respect for BCG.