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Boston Consulting Group

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Toxic culture but great opportunities - Senior Associate Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

4.0
20 Jan 2022
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Pros

You learn fast, you see a lot of different projects, you work with different people in almost every project, you are exposed to the client's leadership even in junior positions

Cons

Toxic culture: you are expected to work a lot, even if there is not really important or urgent to do. Poor mechanisms of control of partners and principals, who may behave unethically and can give very subjective evaluations to associate and project leaders (that importantly influence their careers). The firm is trying to improve its gender diversity, but it seems "greenwashing", there is a very male-centric culture. I believe this depends on the country of the BCG's office. In my case it was Italy. Working with German colleagues, I realized that my experience was different from theirs.

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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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