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      4.2

      84% would recommend to a friend

      (9,617 total reviews)
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      76% positive business outlook

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      4.4

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      4.4

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      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Senior management

      3.1

      Work/Life balance

      Boston Consulting Group has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 9,617 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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      2.0
      Dec 30, 2008

      Top Tier Consultancy But Lags Behind Bain and McKinsey

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      Pros

      -Excellent training in problem solving and management consulting techniques, and documentation (making decks) -Top-caliber colleagues -Many interesting projects in their portfolio -Global presence -Good (but fading) brand

      Cons

      -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)

      5.0
      Nov 11, 2008

      Fantastic place to begin a career.

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      Pros

      BCG gives you the opportunity to have a great deal of responsibility at a very early early stage in your career. As an entry-level employee (Associate or Consultant depending on previous experience), you are critical to the success of or projects that have very high visibility with senior executives at major corporations. While you might not interface with senior clients as often as the partners with whom you work, you develop deep contacts within organizations as you formulate and implement recommendations. Furthermore, the culture at BCG is very non-hierarchical. Debate with more senior members of your case teams (including partners) is encouraged, and the hypothesis method discourages blindly applying existing frameworks to new problems.

      Cons

      In my experience, the most negatives aspects of working at BCG are related to lifestyle. While the firm's leadership has admirably tried to instill a culture that encourages time away from work, in practice the lifestyle can be very difficult. Team members typically work into the night during weekdays and often can have a significant amount of work pushed to weekends. Moreover, many consultants spend four days per week on the road, often traveling significant distances. Unfortunately, the travel requirements typically do not diminish as you grow more senior, as partners often have clients in several different cities that they need to visit on a regular basis.

      4.0
      Sep 28, 2008

      Great place to work, but you must be willing to deal with volatility of hours from week to week

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      Pros

      Incredibly smart people, passionate about making a difference with its clients. The career development process is helpful in letting you identify your strengths and weaknesses. You get formal feedback on your projectson ~3 month basis and then your career development councelor aggregates feedback and provides you insight on your promotion timing every six months Benefits are second to none (fully paid health insurance), profit-sharing, end of year bonus, etc. Oppportunity for international experience. It is not mandatory but the option exists to work on projects in other markets either from BCG offices abroad or from your own US office. z

      Cons

      Volatility of hours. Some weeks you work forty hours, other weeks you work 70. Total hours. A lot of people will say that the work live balance is good, and I think it is if you are looking at the job compared to other consulting firms. I have friends at other firms that put in a lot more time than I do (it depends on the BCG office you are in however). If you compare this job to brand management or other general management jobs I think the hours would be less. You comp might not be as nice though Some (not all) of the senior partners can be a bit arrogant and difficult to work

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