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- "People are great and there is a focus on making the job as sustainable as possible." (in 750 reviews)
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- "This is a top firm; expect long hours and pressure; but it teaches you how to work" (in 542 reviews)
- "If it is not complementary to BCG, your direct manager will message you and tell you doing so makes you look bad." (in 50 reviews)
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- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Culture, people, salary, exposure, good
Cons
Hard work, up or out
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
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it is a very nice company
Cons
working hours get sometimes too long
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
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culture, opportunities, team, and career development
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large company, sometimes hard to reach senior leadership
- Former Employee★★★★★
Great career accelerator
Mar 15, 2023 - Consultant in Dallas, TXRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Exit opportunities, benefits, smart colleagues, interesting work
Cons
Long hours. Constant pressure to perform (and be performative)
- Current Employee★★★★★Featured Review
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Love life at BCG! Amazing offices and global presence - opportunity to work with people everywhere. Amazing benefits - fully covered by the org. Great leadership and always transparent with employees. Flexible work life and environment. Work to better their employees both personally and professionally
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BCG is large and matrixed, so can be hard to really know the entire org, but I've loved every second of my experience!
- Former Employee★★★★★
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The people and the work
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Not a lot of room for error
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
2 years as BCG consultant
Mar 14, 2023 - Consultant in Atlanta, GARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great pay and benefits along with exceptional people
Cons
Case by case dependent work life balance
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
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Extremely bright, friendly people and best-in-class benefits
Cons
Long hours at times, staffing can be difficult to navigate
- Former Employee★★★★★
Great training ground
Mar 14, 2023 - Consultant in Washington, DCRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great colleagues, training, culture, salary
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Sometimes exhausting travel and 24/7 accountability
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Great culture with great benefits
Mar 14, 2023 - Senior Administrative Assistant in Atlanta, GARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great people to work with Real promotions & growth opportunities Exceptional benefits Actual diversity throughout Teamwork is essential
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Have to be vaccinated for full time
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Boston Consulting Group has an overall rating of 4.4 out of 5, based on over 7,257 reviews left anonymously by employees. 89% of employees would recommend working at Boston Consulting Group to a friend and 86% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
89% of Boston Consulting Group employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Boston Consulting Group 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.3 for culture and values and 4.4 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Boston Consulting Group to be culture, benefits, career development and the cons to be management, workplace, work life balance.