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Boston Consulting Group

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No work/life balance! - Executive Assistant Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

2.0
Feb 20, 2024
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Pros

Great benefits, insurance is paid 100% for you and your family. I made great friends and long lasting friendships. The majority of the EA/AA team are eager to help. Very collaborative environment within the EA/AAs. You will work with some of the smartest people in the planet, you will learn many different aspects of the consulting world and it is fascinating.

Cons

Management is the worst I've experienced in my many years of experience. Company culture is more important to them and the job you do and who you support, meaning: if you dont go to happy hours, attend internal events, add more workload for fun, then you are not trying hard enough to earn a promotion. I've never been in such a toxi place. There is no work/life balance, again - there is no work/life balance. You will work long hours, expected to be available after hours, but will be told not to add overtime because you should do your job in the allocate time. This place affected my mental health in ways I never imagined. The new RTO policy is pushing many fantastic employees out the door, as management is going towards office is better than remote now, so you are required to be in office x amount of days, and parking is not included.

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Cons

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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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