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Boston Consulting Group

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Significant responsibility but long hours and unpredictable time off - Senior Associate Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

5.0
Apr 28, 2026
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Pros

As a Senior Associate, you are given significant responsibility early on. You transition from just crunching numbers to truly owning your own modules and driving the strategic narrative for major clients.

Cons

Despite firm-wide initiatives to improve predictable time off, the reality on the ground highly depends on your case and your MDP. 80+ hour weeks are still common, making weekday personal plans nearly impossible to keep.

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Pros

Great learning opportunities in different industries

Cons

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Pros

BCG has top tier benefits, really smart colleagues, good in-office perks, and has a great company reputation. This was a huge part of my experience and has made me go back forth about my decision to leave.

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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