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Boston Consulting Group

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Intellectual stiumulating job for people who do not need a private life - Consultant Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

2.0
19 Mar 2009
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Pros

Projects and teams are at the highest possible professional level in the sector. Principal and partners have an incredible knowledge and experties in all business topics and sector and there is a good level of distribution of knowledge and possibility to learn. Salary is very good in absolute term, not so much if you consider the hours that you work

Cons

Work life balance is bad because of the long working hours (avg 65-90 per week) and stress due to the high level of performances required is high. This varies across different offices and south european ones are the worst. Focus on analytics is sometimes excessive compared with the time spent in effective communication and leadership development

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5.0
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Pros

Great learning opportunities in different industries

Cons

Really hard job most of the time.

2.0
14 May 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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