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Boston Consulting Group

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A great job for people who want to develop quickly and constantly challenge themselves - Project Leader Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

5.0
Jan 5, 2013
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Pros

Extremely intelligent, driven, creative, and congenial coworkers Projects are mission critical to clients Great pay and benefits Firm offers limitless opportunities for on the job growth as well as formal training

Cons

Work-life balance can be a challenge Need to have a very strong presence, self-awareness, and ability to network internally to succeed consistently Job slowly shifts to commercial focus, meaning once you are five years on the job, the initial elements that drew you to it are less relevant day to day

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Cons

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2.0
May 14, 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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