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    Bain & Company CEO Manny Maceda
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    366 Ratings
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    • "Work life balance (is a given in the industry)" (in 335 reviews)

    • "Unpredictable schedule; Long hours; High expectations" (in 389 reviews)

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    1. Featured Review
      Helpful (14)

      "Amazing place to work!"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Bain & Company full-time for more than 2 years

      Pros

      - Interesting and challenging work with great exposure to senior clients - Fun and supportive culture, with strong focus on coaching and mentorship - Wide range of opportunities within the company (travel, transfers etc.)

      Cons

      - Hours and travel can make finding a work-life balance challenging

    2. "The people, culture and compensation make the work worth it"

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      Current Employee - Consultant in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Bain & Company full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Huge focus on people, sustainability and their development. Amazing work and super talented teams make the job worth it. Very transparent on changes and listening to what concerns there are. Big benefit for making travel very easy with a great expense policy.

      Cons

      Compensation is lower at Consultant level versus other MBBs; follower attitude can be seen as frustrating.

      Advice to Management

      Pick areas of the business that we are not going to have a follower strategy and lead the industry by redefining what to do there.

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    3. Helpful (529)

      "Welcome to Bain"

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      Current Employee - Manager in Chicago, IL
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Bain & Company full-time for more than 6 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...

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      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...

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      Advice to Management

      Continue to find and promote the leadership that lives our operating principles.

      Bain & Company Response

      September 27, 2016 – Director, Global Consultant Talent Management

      You have captured the essence of what it means to work here! Thanks for sharing your experience.

    4. "Amazing Culture"

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        Current Employee - Senior Associate Consultant in San Francisco, CA

        I have been working at Bain & Company full-time for more than 4 years

        Pros

        People here actually care about you and your career beyond Bain; work is truly interesting and solves hard problems

        Cons

        Work-life balance can be bad at times

      • Helpful (2)

        "Great place to work"

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          Current Employee - Anonymous Employee 

          I have been working at Bain & Company full-time

          Pros

          Great opportunities to work on interesting projects across many industries. Good people with strong culture and focus on professional development

          Cons

          Work life balance can be tough, but that is on par with the rest of the industry

        • Helpful (1)

          "Great place to work and learn"

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          Former Employee - Principal 
          Recommends
          Positive Outlook
          Approves of CEO

          I worked at Bain & Company full-time for more than 20 years

          Pros

          -Supportive and dynamic culture; great people -One global team -Tremendous learning at all stage of the job -High impact and interesting work -Diversity of experience

          Cons

          -Work / life balance and sustainability are inherently difficult in a high-pressure client services environment

        • "Great place to start a career"

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          Former Employee - Senior Associate Consultant 
          Recommends
          Positive Outlook
          Approves of CEO

          I worked at Bain & Company full-time for more than 4 years

          Pros

          Lots of learning, great mentorship, amazing colleagues

          Cons

          Little say in staffing - though this improves over time

        • Helpful (1)

          "I love Bain"

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          Current Employee - Associate Consultant in San Francisco, CA
          Recommends
          Positive Outlook
          Approves of CEO

          I have been working at Bain & Company full-time for more than 2 years

          Pros

          A great place to work and learn

          Cons

          You work hard and it is capitalist

        • "Great place to start your career"

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          Former Employee - Associate Consultant in Atlanta, GA

          I worked at Bain & Company full-time for more than 2 years

          Pros

          Incredible learning, great training, and environment to learn the basics of a business career

          Cons

          Long hours, professional services, need to develop quickly to find success

        • "Most work are done remote. Little Face Time"

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          Former Employee - Intern 

          I worked at Bain & Company part-time

          Pros

          If your manager trusts you, you might have a lot of opportunities to work on impactful projects. Otherwise, you are most likely doing manual, busy work.

          Cons

          Not much to say here

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