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Boston Consulting Group

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Value add to clients but at cost to the employees - Consultant Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

2.0
Jan 6, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Great learning at a young age Exposure to many different industries and industry leaders Real opportunity to make impact in large client organizations Opportunity to shape strategic decisions for huge companies

Cons

Many projects are badly sold with unclear objectives, understaffed, or crunched for time Inability of leadership to say 'no' to scope creep/ unreasonable requests from clients even if it significantly impacts employee's work-life balance and satisfaction A bit of masochism - a lot of deadlines are artificial and created internally, without any relation to client deadlines

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Pros

Great work life balance, fun travel to PA meetings

Cons

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2.0
May 14, 2026
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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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