Intense lifestyle but a great platform to build a career on - Consultant Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

4.0
May 23, 2015
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Pros

The people are the single best thing about working at BCG - bright, driven, but down-to-earth and incredibly collaborative. Culture and principles, rather than rules, govern how things get done at the firm - which in the hands of good people, mean that sensible things generally happen. Lots of flexibility support to chart your own path - you just have to have conviction around your desired goals and be realistic about life's trade-offs.

Cons

The intensity of the pace can sometimes be draining, as can the travel schedule. Despite best efforts (like the PTO initiative) - this remains a premium client-service business, and the unpredictability and hours reflect that.

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5.0
Jul 8, 2026
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Pros

Great place to work if you’re on the right team, however there are lots of pockets of resistance throughout the organization, whether in consulting where people are still clinging onto billable work that slowly dying or in IT where people still think ITIL and exit gates in waterfall is still applicable in the type of work we do now you're going to run into friction and lots of people that are trying to earn a spot not by competence, evolution, and change but by clinging on to processes that are antiquated. IT definitely needs a reboot

Cons

Not many. If you're on the right team. If you're on the wrong team, get ready for bureaucratic hell

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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