Boston Consulting Group reviews

4.2

84% would recommend to a friend

(9,649 total reviews)
avatar

Christoph Schweizer

87% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Boston Consulting Group has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 9,649 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Boston Consulting Group employee rating is 22% above average for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

10K reviews
5.0
May 28, 2013

Create your own path

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

people, challenge, learning curve, compensation, flexibility

Cons

no real cons identified if you want to work for the best consulting company

4.0
May 16, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great projects - you will definitely never get bored Intelligent people - with lots of drive and passion Possibility to travel around the globe - and get a flavour of local culture and behaviours through joint teams

Cons

High workload - 80 hours / week are rather standard than the exception Cross boarder staffing - limited influence whether you are staffed abroad or in town Top-down driven - strong involvement of majority of Partners with limited responsibility (depending on Partner)

3.0
May 15, 2013

Good people, broken promises

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Smart coworkers and managers who I could count on for valuable input - Good compensation, travel perks, and excellent health benefits - High amount of responsibility early in career helped me develop - Skills and brand helped find a much better, more interesting job in my chosen sector (though BCG connections/network was not useful at all in social impact space)

Cons

- Many times, the team's role at client is not actually helpful - but just to sell more work - "Client" cases mean positioning things on unnecessary slides. "Strategy" means trying to sell cost-cutting and pricing projects. "Org" means firing people who work in the cubicles you pass every day - Almost no social impact practice, despite what they say - very difficult to get on public sector projects, because we weren't selling enoug

Viewing 9520 - 9522 of 9,649 Reviews

Glassdoor has 12,928 Boston Consulting Group reviews submitted anonymously by Boston Consulting Group employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Boston Consulting Group is right for you.