Great for Associates - Consultant Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

5.0
Mar 9, 2015
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Pros

Huge amount of responsibility given to Associates- prove you belong there and they'll keep giving you more to do Learn on the job- practical expertise in working with companies versus sitting around in trainings

Cons

Associate to Consultant stagnation - skill set of first year Consultant is same as second year Associate. If you're a top performer you will likely feel like you're spinning your wheels until you get project management experience as a C2. Office disparity- the good offices are great. The not so good ones are bound by global bureaucracy and salesmanship rather than creative thinking and office pride

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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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