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Boston Consulting Group

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Smart (and nice) colleagues but rather dull projects - Anonymous employee Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

3.0
Jun 5, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I've interned 6 months at the BCG in Paris. The atmosphere of the office is most often very nice and people genuinely try to help you develop (especially your soft skills). The BCG is a very prestigious firm in Paris and finding a job after my internship proved easy.

Cons

It is very hard to have a life outside office (which I was aware of). I've worked on 5 different projects (which is a lot in 6 months) and none of them was interesting. This is something that strategic consulting firms will not easily admit, but real "strategy" projects are very rare. Most projects focus on process & organization (often cost cutting...). These projects lack any sort of intellectual challenge.

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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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