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Boston Consulting Group

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Wonderful people, great benefits, intense - Project Leader Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

4.0
18 Jan 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Everyone is curious, motivated and eager to learn - even the internal, non-client facing staff. The team dynamics are generally great and supportive. Strong leadership focus on supporting teams, changing our ways of working when necessary, and focusing on value (rather than work for work's sake). Great benefits that just keep getting better - 6 months paid paternity, fertility insurance, great life insurance etc.

Cons

Working environment can be very intense - while generally my hours have been better than my peers over 5 years (average ~9am - 730pm) there are days or weeks where they go to 10pm or 12pm. Even for those with children, a 'sustainable' working model is suggested as 9am-5pm then 730pm-11pm as working hours...! On the (rare) occasion someone is horrible to work with and creates supreme extra stress for the team, little seems to be done in reality to change their approach or get rid of them.

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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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