Bain & Company Employee Reviews about "steep learning curve"

Pros

Great culture - 'one Bainie never lets another Bainie fail' is lived thoroughly throughout the company, across all levels. The learning curve is very steep and you get great training and coaching tips along the way ...

Cons

work hours are the usual ones for the consulting business and are highly case-dependent; due to the rather small size there are currently only three office locations in Germany

Pros

Steep learning curve with many chances to take ownership of workstreams (at any level) Excellent client set Interesting work (most of the time) Fantastic training programs

Cons

At the firm level, there is a focus on sustainability - but sometimes this gets washed away by individual case teams, especially since WFH started. Raising these issues to your direct manager/sr. manager can only help in the short term (1-2 days of focus, and then return to the norm). Far too often LT gets defensive during sustainability conversations where junior/mid level team members have to justify the hours they have worked. Overall leads to junior team members not speaking up about sustainability or motivation issues, because who wants to get into an argument with their boss' boss on how much work you do on a daily basis? For many cases, have seen LT promising to do work outside scope and not bring in additional resources, which then burdens the team. Post covid: Weekend work (used to be taboo at Bain) has become the norm, super late nights (1-2am) and early mornings (7-8am) which used to be 2-3 days / week have become modus operandi. HR is working to improve post-covid sustainability, but won't be very successful till case teams stop doing work outside the scope. Also, 15 days of paid leave is not sufficient or in line with India's market practice. Needs to be improved. In terms of benefits,

Pros

Steep learning curve and great colleagues

Cons

Long hours and stressful people

Pros

Steep learning curve and great culture

Cons

Work hours can be long and relatively intense

Pros

Great benefits provided and steep learning curve

Cons

Less of a perfect management team but working on improvement

Pros

- Extremely supportive and fun culture: colleagues are highly invested in helping each other constantly develop and improve. Great people to hang out with outside of work too. - High impact projects across the SEA region: Worked closely with client management teams to implement exciting strategy solutions. Many opportunities to solve problems with talented stakeholders.

Cons

- Steep learning curve and long hours (depending on the case)

Pros

Interesting work, Fun colleagues, Variety of experiences, Steep learning curve, Adequate compensation

Cons

Experience can vary between individual cases, Work-life balance can be difficult to achieve, Travel can get to you after some time

Pros

Steep learning curve and great culture & people!

Cons

Challenging workload and high working hour

Pros

Good Culture with a steep learning curve

Cons

Bad work life balance and low salary

Pros

Steep learning curve and good culture

Cons

Unsustainable days and too bottom heavy