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Pay not worth the Toxic Culture and Workload - Administrative Team Manager Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

1.0
Nov 15, 2025
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Pros

BCG has great Benefits and ERGs

Cons

The pay is not worth the damage to your mental health and working in a consistently toxic environment. Favoritism runs rampant and is obvious. Promotions for direct reports are given to those they like, not those who earn it. Senior management does do not value diversity of thought and doesnt want anybody that will question them. Questions are perceived as challenges and threats. If they perceive you as a challenge or a threat or advocate for your team members, they will remove responsibilities and projects from you and paint you as an underperformer. Retaliation is a norm within the Admin Services team and HR does not hold ASSMs accountable for their behavior. Performance metrics for leadership are not clearly identified, and they use that subjectivity to twist and manipulate how you're perceived as a performer. If you want a role where just going to be a yes man and have 20-30 direct reports you won't have time to develop, then this is for you.

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Pros

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Cons

This is speaking as someone who is not on the consulting side. On my particular team, office politics were very strong with little to no opportunities for people outside of the inner circle to assimilate. More broadly, I feel like the salary trajectory was a little slow, there is a lack of location mobility and and promotions can be hard to come by. Even so, I have personally seen exceptions be made for certain people. More broadly, being located in North America can be difficult since new roles are being open in other regions which is making internal mobility next to impossible. If you have any dissatisfaction with your current team, title, or level - there's a real possibility that you will have to wait multiple years before being able to make meaningful shifts towards your long term career goals.

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