Growing investment in developing true expertise - Anonymous employee Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

5.0
Feb 21, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Bright, insightful, and genuinely nice people to work with Top tier clients Broad range of project work Sufficient processes for most things to work sensibly, but loads of flexibility to "chart your own course" Staffing process genuinely takes into account personal preferences (industry, topic, travel), even if you don't get what you want every time Significant investment in building up expertise through the Expert Career Track; subsidiaries like Digital Ventures & Platinion; partnerships like Mu Sigma; and broadening the role of the internal Knowledge Team

Cons

Work-life-balance varies significantly by region and practice area Complexity of new career tracks and implications of truly multi-disciplinary teams not yet fully appreciated and embraced by all partners & principals

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Outstanding company to work for. The people and teams consist of some of the brightest and most motivated individuals I've had the privilege of working with. You also build a great overall business skillset across project management, data analysis, communication, and relationship building topics.

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3.0
Jul 3, 2026
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Pros

Education on AI Fluency and access to the latest LLM models. My immediate team who energizes me.

Cons

BCG isn't what it used to be. Former CEO Rich Lesser cared about Innovation about deep IP and expertise, truly about unlocking the human potential that powers us. Current CEO and leadership trickles down commercialization message, everything is about metrics, what's the business impact, how many cases did this work touch, what is the trend. Often times appearing shortsighted. Lots of politics, lots of words, limited action from PA leadership, largely because they are unable to make a decision, going back and forth on priorities; Every MDP wanting to own something, with too many chefs in the kitchen, and not enough true clarity. Incentive metrics are broken, and asked to do more, An innovation unit is not recognized.

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