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- "Not as stuffy as I thought it would be and I got to work with some really great people." (in 761 reviews)
- "Long hours; certain Partners are not 'current' Bain and don't have a focus on worklife balance" (in 521 reviews)
- "Not as apolitical as it likes to sell itself, running into a bad case or bad manager can really derail your trajectory." (in 42 reviews)
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- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★Featured Review
Pros
Solid culture, really cooperative, a lot of feedback both down and up, Leadership cares for employees
Cons
All normal consulting cons around hours
- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Amazing people and culture - very supportive
Cons
Can be bureaucratic at times
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Welcome to Bain. I'm going to give you a problem that neither the CEO nor his entire management team could solve. And I'm probably going to give you lots of different opinions and imperfect data sources. And then I'll ask you to focus in on where the most value is and convince all those people with different opinions that you're right. But don't worry, I'm also going to give you a Bain team. Those associates and consultants are going to be tenacious in coming up with creative approaches. Those managers and partners are going to knock down barriers for you, connect you where you need to be connected, guide, support, direct and re-direct you. The office support staff is going to fix your computer after you spilled coffee on it for the third time, find you the unfindable data source, and smile and hand you a baked good after you ask for help re-doing dozens of slides. You are empowered and accountable but you are not alone. And the best part is you can't fail. Because after all, what all those people are reinforcing is that a Bainie never lets another Bainie fail.
Cons
Here's how you know you've made it at Bain. The reward for doing a good job is getting a bigger, tougher problem next time. Meaning, you are always solving the easiest problem you will ever solve again. This takes a lot of resilience and active managing of self-expectations to remember that you are not actually getting worse, the problems are just getting harder. So my advice is to remember that. And then take a second to realize that it would be a lot less fun if the reverse were true. And isn't that precisely why you wanted this job in the first place anyway? It sure was for me.
Continue readingYou have captured the essence of what it means to work here! Thanks for sharing your experience.
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Really love it, exciting problems, awesome clients, BEST CULTURE
Cons
Traveling, hours, the unpredictability at times
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Great culture, great support system, good training (some hands-on needed to learn), great work-life balance. Bain is a very diverse organization and they make you feel like they care about your input. There’s a lot of flexibility when it comes to working from home, and a lot of activities and group you can participate in to network and grow within the org.
Cons
Can’t think of any real con.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
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