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Boston Consulting Group

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Great salary and benefits, culture and projects not so much - Senior Digital Designer Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

3.0
14 Sept 2023
Recommend
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Pros

- Salary (you need to negotiate well; otherwise, you will have a low one). - Great health insurance (the best one I had and miss in my current job). - Nice office, and they give you food there. - Most people there are friendly. - If you are lucky, you can travel for training. - Transportation, but this may not apply to where you live.

Cons

- They make you go to the office three times a week and the next two (it alternates, but could move to 3 days later). It is in Heredia, so the traffic is a nightmare. - The job deadlines are crazy, and the clients tend to be complicated. - The culture is designed for extroverted people. Think about that if you don't like the "we are a family" type of workplace and a lot of activities. - If you apply for UX/UI, you aren't going to have the best projects to grow in these areas. The job description doesn't match your day-to-day job. - The culture is very vertical, so managers tend to be rude or micromanage you without consequences.

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5.0
21 June 2026
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Pros

Great colleagues, intellectual work, high impact, interest from recruiters, learning & development resources

Cons

Same as any consulting firm

2.0
14 May 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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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