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Boston Consulting Group

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A great jumping off point directly out of college - Associate Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

3.0
Aug 7, 2009
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Pros

The associate position gives fresh college grads great levels of responsibility and autonomy, even if a lot of times the roles they're given are basic and boring. It's a great springboard to business school, private equity, venture capital, or other consulting jobs.

Cons

Work-life balance continues to be a major issue, something the firm is trying to address but thus far getting very little traction in improving; all of the best people leave and go onto better and better-paying positions, leaving a lack of management talent from project leaders up to partners

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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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