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Boston Consulting Group

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Toxic work place - Project Leader Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

1.0
Nov 13, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

* training (although being scaled back to more virtual and fewer in person) * brilliant office facilities including free coffee :) * great socials albeit poorly attended * constant learning opps. if not on bench

Cons

* lack of community in London office and around Practice Areas (although some are slightly better than others here) * most teams are psychologically unsafe environments due to fear of bad reviews and culture of 1 bad review and you are out * career opportunities not as good as they have been previously - due to massive overhiring and flooding of BCGers into the market, and less demand pull into tech/VC/PE/corporate strat teams due to economic climate

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Pros

Good benefits, people, lots of resources

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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