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Boston Consulting Group

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Great opportunity to leverage in short term - but think of it as a 2-4 year opportunity - Project Leader Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

3.0
17 Feb 2009
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Pros

Great brand, you will develop professionally Fantastic people up through the PL level - though hard to find inspiring partner role models Fantastic benefits and pay - best pay outside of the financial services industry relative to experience / tenure Work can be quite industry - get a broad range of functional areas across industries and geographies in a very short time frame - a classic strategy consulting background

Cons

It has a burn out culture - must work too hard to get ahead Promotion timing and criteria not well understood or transparent - the company will go back on previous promises, be careful

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5.0
6 Jun 2026
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Pros

Intelligent environment and interesting work

Cons

Pressure of excellence; coming early and staying late despite co-ops being discouraged to redeem overtime pay

2.0
14 May 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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