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Boston Consulting Group

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Work experience - Lead Specialist Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

5.0
Aug 19, 2021
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Pros

BCG is a company that highly values their employees and provides a highly professional and dynamic environment, full of smart people. It combines a global and diverse culture with a strong local, office culture in which the office and HR managers give their best for a great employee experience by organizing various events (now remote) to make people feel part of the local office culture. I have mostly experienced nice and highly respectful encounters with people from the office and across the globe.

Cons

Due to its long history, high brand reputation and size, at times, the culture can be quite hierarchical. Ideas are in general highly appreciated, but most of the times require authorization from the next level in order to be pursued. Moreover, while BCG high promotes diversity & inclusion in a very authentic way, the personal stories shared still reflect classical role models and concepts. It is probably only a matter of time until the diversity & inclusion efforts will pay off and we will see more diverse role models across the company.

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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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