Bain & Company Associate Consultant Reviews

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Great people, incredibly smart, results oriented

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learn a lot. Very good training. People are very nice.

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- Ton of professional development. It's structured into your day to day experience, and "PD chats" are the norm. From regular professional development chats with your team to a mentor who is your PD champion through your time at Bain to previous teams who you can reach out to, you always have resources to develop and grow and feel supported and empowered to do so. I feel like I've grown so much since starting to work here, and compared to my friends, I feel like I'm way ahead in terms of skills, professionalism and approach towards work
- Awesome fun people to work with, all of whom are really on top of it, smart, motivated and go getters. No slackers here and I really enjoy spending time with people in and outside of work
- People are so supportive and helpful across the board that coming across people who aren't actively helpful is an anomaly - I sometimes have to remind myself that this is the norm rather than the exception
- Lots of company sponsored social events, from Bain World Cup to Friday happy hours in the office to summer off sites

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Honestly, the people are unbelievable and there's a lot of attention to professional development. You get to work on really complex, large problems.

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Incredible people, culture, learning opportunities. Remarkably safe place to grow and develop

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- Fantastic, systematized and structured culture of feedback, so you always know where you stand on areas of development and are encouraged to create plans to become better
- Apprenticeship model allows you to learn on the job, so all backgrounds can do well at Bain if you try hard enough
-Senior leadership on teams are wonderful people who seem to care about the most junior people, so you never *feel* junior in the presence of partners, firm heads, etc. Most care a lot about sustainability, and that helps create a culture of valuing people's free time outside of work and not working people to the bone with ridiculous hours (however, that doesn't mean that if the case is demanding, you won't be staying up until 2 or 3AM, but unnecessary hours for low-priority tasks/facetime is not a concept at Bain)
-You learn so much as an AC and get a terrific introduction into the business world. If you're not a quantitative person, this is especially great, because you will get great training in working with data, thinking in numbers, and being detailed oriented.
-Amazing network and exit opportunities

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Great people above all! Learning opportunities - good cases, really creating impact for client, can staff according to professional growth needs - leadership opps are unbelievable; and develop good work ethic and endurance

Advice to Management

Always make sure all levels of the team feel heard and appreciated!

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- World-class training
- Mentorship is deeply ingrained
- Everyday going to work is fun because of the people
- Opens up many new career paths
- Great transition into the world of business for someone with an engineering degree

Advice to Management

- Keep focused on the culture
- Continue developing and accelerate use of new tools and big data analytics

Pros

Opportunities to meet and engage with senior leadership, got to work on really high-impact pieces of the case. Travel from day 1, treated like a permanent member. Got to meet with clients even as an intern.
Beyond the work itself, i was shocked at how much I loved the culture. Bainies are incredibly helpful, humble and fun. Every weekend as an ACI has fun activities, and they allow you to bring SO for most of them. Awesome, awesome company

Advice to Management

I really liked when my partner or manager would ask if they could take me out to lunch. I should have been more proactive in asking of my own volition, but those two lunches were crucial 1 on 1, casual interactions that completely affected my entire summer. I loved it.

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Really smart people, fulfilling work, will always be doing something interesting