Boston Consulting Reviews
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Pros
Smart, dedicated, interesting and driven people
Mixture of work and cases
Opportunity for some broad skills developmentCons
Some cases very poorly managed and supported
Managerial skills take a back seat to excel/powerpoint skills so it's just luck if you have a good manager
There is almost no work life balance - expect to be working pretty much all the time and not sleeping much during the week. When a team's consistent long hours do get raised as an issue partners/principles will assume the team is being inefficient. Hence there is pressure to under-report hours
Often the internal politics of BCG is more difficult to manage than client relationships. Partners will put consultants who they know and like on their teams. Getting on the right side of the partners is cricital, if you have a personality clash or tension with a partner it will be very hard. Similarly, you have to learn who the partner's favourites are.Advice to Senior Management
Up or out forces people to concentrate on their individual skills rather than management skills - need greater emphasis on how to manage teams.
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Consultant:
“Great career experience - at a price”
Oct 28, 2009
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Senior Associate in Rome (Italy):
“Good brand, but not all offices are alike”
Oct 23, 2009
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Associate in San Francisco, CA:
“It sucked but I would do it again.”
Sep 29, 2009
1 found helpful
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Anonymous:
“Great place to work... unless you'd like to have some private life”
Sep 28, 2009
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Project Leader:
“Great clients and peers, development and leadership of partners leave much to be desired”
Aug 18, 2009
5 found helpful | 2 comments
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Anonymous in New York, NY:
“Good pay partly offsets constant travel, long hours, stress”
Sep 1, 2009
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Associate Consultant in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo (Brazil):
“A piece of advise for potential BCG employees”
Aug 30, 2009
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Anonymous:
“Great experience and brand to have on your resume”
Aug 29, 2009
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Associate:
“A great jumping off point directly out of college”
Aug 7, 2009
