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Pros
"Great people with great work ethic" (in 189 reviews)
"Worked with smart people in a friendly environment" (in 184 reviews)
Cons
"Obviously quite long working hours" (in 300 reviews)
"lots of travel (if this is a con for you)" (in 90 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
Pros
Great learning, exposure, network, people really care about you
Cons
Hours, removed from accountability in decisions
"Great place to start your career"
I have been working at Boston Consulting Group full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Smart People, Good Pay, They Care about you
Cons
As with all professional services the hours can be long
"Great culture and place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Boston Consulting Group full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Focus on culture, trying to create work-life balance, everyone I worked with was a nice person to work with
Cons
Work-life balance can still be a challenge but firm tries to manage, consulting work can sometimes feel less rewarding given not a stakeholder in recommendations
Pros
Company treats employees with respect Smart people Good pay progression
Cons
Cog in a rigid system
- COVID-19
"Great place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Boston Consulting Group full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Tremendous learning opportunities Colleagues are generally very smart, great team players and cool, interesting people to work with Great comp, top of the line benefits Interesting variety of work
Cons
Very high standards can create pressure Hours can be long and unpredictable
Continue reading "Amazing place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Boston Consulting Group full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Everything that can be great, is great
Cons
Hours can get long sometimes
- Helpful (1)
Pros
flexible working shedules,equality on basis of gender ,race and releigon
Cons
expect you to be perfect
"Best Consulting Firm"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Boston Consulting Group full-time for less than a year
Pros
Pay, people, PD opportunities, industry breadth
Cons
long hours, cognitively intense work
"Great company, long hours"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Boston Consulting Group full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Amazing people to work with Great benefits Cool offices
Cons
Sometimes long hours Difficult to manage your career before you become very senior
- Helpful (1)
"Amazing people, terrible work/life balance"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Boston Consulting Group full-time for more than a year
Pros
-The people, the thing I missed most -Benefits, corporate perks were really nice -Staff appreciation days (monthly birthday cakes, Admin Appreciate Day, RETREATS) -Every Friday, there were booze, wings and pizza -The work is interesting, you're exposed to different industry sectors if you're placed on different cases at a time -Benefits are amazing, no company out there can beat their benefits plan (unlimited chiro appointments FYI) -BCG is great to have on your resume, keyword: career growth
Cons
-Work/life balance is the worst, it will never change to the client-service nature that this company is in and this is why the turnover rate is high (consultants usually stay 2-3 years MAX) -Depending on which partners you support, work can be more fun than others. FI/PIPE sector is the not so fun ones. -Extremely high pressure environment, feedback culture is heavy, not saying it's bad but there are no room to make mistakes and people on your team can be brutally honest at times. If you don't know how to manage all of this, it can greatly affect your mental health and well-being. -Management was terrible, manager often never showed up to the 1:1s or showed 10-15 minutes late for a meeting, not respectful of people's time. Manager would also give admin staff more people to support than what they can handle.
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