Lack of Transparency from Leadership and Ongoing "Quiet Layoffs" - Human Resources Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

3.0
Aug 22, 2023
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Pros

Brilliant, kind colleagues. Free lunches, fun office events, performance review structure. Decent pay. Exceptional benefits.

Cons

Leadership lacks communication transparency. BCG has been doing "quiet layoffs" the last few months, but informing employees, clients and the public they're stable and don't let go their people. Most of these people are high performers they are laying off so they don't have to pay out their EOY bonuses. Their reputation they portray out in the public sphere is a facade. Employee morale is low and instead of being transparent they throw an office event to push the deeper issues under the rug. Also, MDPs have a god complex and treat anyone below them as pheasants and this is totally acceptable and the BCG cultural norm.

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