Bain & Company reviews

4.3

89% would recommend to a friend

(8,361 total reviews)
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Christophe De Vusser

93% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

Bain & Company has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 8,361 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Bain & Company employee rating is 25% above average for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Feb 2, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Great name recognition for post-consulting careers - many headhunters will call you within the first month of your employment. The exposure to different industries and opportunity to learn a lot about how companies are run is great. Internal resources and support (i.e. research, IT) are excellent and so are certain perks (Friday afternoon happy hours, great vacation schedule). The training at Bain is comprehensive and one can tell that the firm spares no expenses to train its people. The company provides many tools to help one do one's job and there are opportunities to work abroad in other offices to experience other cultures.

Cons

High pressure, long hours and residual "old boys club" culture still persists. There are obvious favoritisms right from the start for those who have previously worked for the firm as Associate Consultants. The "meritocracy" that the firm preaches isn't always true - the louder one whines the more one gets. There is generally a lack of clarity on what is expected and what those expectations mean. Promotion usually favors those who were with the firm previously, and is openly talked about by management. This creates conflict and disparity among post-MBA hires and sets unnecessary rivalry and competition among colleagues. Managers at Bain are not trained to lead and manage people - they're trained to produce presentations and get the project done, so there is little in terms of professional development, even though that's what the firm touts as its key characteristics.

2.0
Feb 7, 2024

Best Place to Work?

Recommend
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Pros

A lot of excellent people and some interesting work. Awesome compensation and benefits.

Cons

Realistic average workload is about a 70 hr week. Projects rarely require innovation but rather a “how well can you copy and paste the last most similar project.” In terms of diversity, Bain ATL struggles. Non-white from another country? “The bar never moves.” Translation, “your days are numbered.” I’ve heard similar sentiments from friends with disabilities. Bain makes a big deal about being the “best place to work,” but I find the culture fairly toxic. If you don’t give it your all and put everything else to the side, what are you even doing here? We’re highly encouraged to regularly rate our experience highly and highly shamed if we rate anything (from cases to managers to the office itself) less than 100%. On the flip side, Bain prides itself on never giving reviews of its employees of 100%. “Everyone has room to improve.” Sometimes this is helpful for your growth but more times than not it feels like a regular beat down, leaving you desperate to please your abusive seniors.

1.0
Jul 31, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Nice clients and business is doing well.

Cons

Extreme turn over in my time at Bain. I was considered the role model on my team yet never compensated or appreciated, just given more work. Limited growth in CSS, you will hit a glass ceiling. Constant big brother feeling, Hr will make you feel like you are incompentent of being independent and responsible for your work. No flexibility to work from home, every step in and out of the office is logged and critiqued. Difficult for working CSS moms. The company's core values seem stuffy and old school. HR team is immature and hard to communicate with. Bonus/Benefits for CSS staff are horrendous and barely compettive. Review process is tedious and ridiculous.

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