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Boston Consulting Group

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Great experience, but mostly if you don't know what you really want to do - Principal Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

4.0
Oct 16, 2014
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Pros

In my opinion the best of the big consulting firms. The partners really care about your success, you get real, meaty projects. You work with your clients rather than on them.

Cons

Work life balance is always going to be very tough. The travel grinds you down. And at the end of the day you might not be able to turn your consulting experience into the job you want outside BCG, because all you really know is strategy and analysis, and not how to do a "real" job.

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5.0
Jun 10, 2026
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Pros

- Consistently growing for the past 30 years - great growth oriented culture - high adaptability to market trends

Cons

- while value proposition in applied AI is quite clear; it’s still very expensive and we’ll need to see if ROI is competitive to applied AI companies - very hierarchical in nature

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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