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Boston Consulting Group

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Great Company for everyone but BST - BST/Operator Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

3.0
Jan 3, 2025
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Pros

Amazing benefits mixed with great people!!

Cons

Training for BST is inadequate—it's more of a "sink or swim" approach without a clear, structured outline. In the WAS office, some leaders can be downright rude, avoiding conversation and ignoring colleagues, which is unprofessional. There's a noticeable lack of diversity in the leadership team, and it’s crucial that they start listening to a more diverse range of voices. This is the only way they might retain their Black talent, as most are gone within two years. The turnover is largely due to stakeholders not being transparent with feedback, particularly for African American A's, C's, and PL's. Although a program was created to assign MDP's to A's and C's to help them succeed, it hasn’t been effective. Many stakeholders are out of touch with the challenges faced by these employees, especially since they often come from different economic backgrounds and seem uncomfortable giving constructive feedback. They consistently say everything is fine during check-ins, only for employees to discover at the end of the year that their performance is deemed poor. This disconnect continues to be a problem, and the only way to address it may be by having more Black leadership in the company—right now, there are only two Black leaders in the entire US, which isn’t enough to drive meaningful change.

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Pros

Education on AI Fluency and access to the latest LLM models. My immediate team who energizes me.

Cons

BCG isn't what it used to be. Former CEO Rich Lesser cared about Innovation about deep IP and expertise, truly about unlocking the human potential that powers us. Current CEO and leadership trickles down commercialization message, everything is about metrics, what's the business impact, how many cases did this work touch, what is the trend. Often times appearing shortsighted. Lots of politics, lots of words, limited action from PA leadership, largely because they are unable to make a decision, going back and forth on priorities; Every MDP wanting to own something, with too many chefs in the kitchen, and not enough true clarity. Incentive metrics are broken, and asked to do more, An innovation unit is not recognized.

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