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    Bain Capital Reviews

    Updated September 25, 2018
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    Pros

    • "Great benefits including a world-class profit sharing plan" (in 8 reviews)

    • "Great company with excellent facilities and above average benefits" (in 5 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Long hours, office politics, poor company morale" (in 12 reviews)

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    1. "Great place to work and learn."

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      Current Employee - Director in Boston, MA
      Current Employee - Director in Boston, MA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Bain Capital full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Great location, benefits and people. Challenging work and you learn a lot.

      Cons

      Challenging work. High Expectations.

      Advice to Management

      Would be great to move to more of a formal flexible work policy.

    2. Helpful (1)

      "Good place to work in investing"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Bain Capital full-time

      Pros

      learn a lot early on, particularly as very junior employee

      Cons

      huge hierarchy, endless slides, when will they end?!?

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    3. "Great company"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Wonderful place to work for a while

      Cons

      Long hours imposed by senior staff

    4. Helpful (3)

      "Developer"

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      Former Employee - IT Director in Boston, MA
      Former Employee - IT Director in Boston, MA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Bain Capital full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Great company with excellent facilities and above average benefits. Most people are dedicated and helpful and you'll learn a lot by working on challenging projects.

      Cons

      Beware of joining IT Development. Initial salary and benefits offered would seem much better than any other employer... but take caution. You'll soon find yourself working in impossible situations putting in 2x effort - 24x7 for most of your time with this company. If anyone is thinking of joining then make sure you;re paid at least 75 to 100 percent higher than what the market offers to make your time and efforts compensated .

      Advice to Management

      Pay attention to how teams are run in IT.

    5. "Senior associate"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Bain Capital full-time

      Pros

      Great people to work with.

      Cons

      Not much to report here.

    6. Helpful (2)

      "Only good if you are deal staff"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Bain Capital full-time

      Pros

      Good salary
      Great retirement
      Nice location

      Cons

      If you are Finance or IT you are treated like the help and there is no advancement so I hope you like the job you come it at.

      Advice to Management

      Could you make Shared Services feel like they are important to the firm, because it wouldn’t run without them.

    7. "Bureaucratic firm"

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      Former Employee - Associate in Boston, MA
      Former Employee - Associate in Boston, MA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Bain Capital full-time

      Pros

      Stable, comfortable quiet environment, reasonable hours.

      Cons

      Very hierarchical firm, very low turnover at the top, high turnover at the bottom. Advancement comes with tenure with low correlation to performance.

    8. "Good"

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      Current Employee - Programmer Analyst in Salt Lake City, UT
      Current Employee - Programmer Analyst in Salt Lake City, UT
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Bain Capital (More than a year)

      Pros

      Pretty solid place to work!

      Cons

      Pay could be more competitive

      Advice to Management

      keep it up

    9. "nice company"

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      Former Employee - Reception in Boston, MA
      Former Employee - Reception in Boston, MA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Bain Capital (More than a year)

      Pros

      nice to work at Bain

      Cons

      not any cons against the management

      Advice to Management

      Keep selling

    10. "Well run firm"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Bain Capital full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Small teams, good growth opportunities.

      Cons

      Long working hours. climate control in office can be iffy

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