Bain & Company Reviews
Updated 19 Jun 2019
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Manny Maceda
411 Ratings
Pros
"Great people & team: A Bainie never lets another Bainie fail" (in 182 reviews)
"Amazing professional development and investment in people" (in 164 reviews)
Cons
"some days have to put in long hours" (in 398 reviews)
"Really high workload (work life balance)" (in 347 reviews)
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"Welcome to Bain"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Bain & Company full-time for more than 5 years
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Welcome to Bain. I'm going to give you a problem that neither the CEO nor his entire management team could solve. And I'm probably going to give you lots of different opinions and imperfect data sources. And then I'll ask you to focus in on where the most value is and convince all those people with different opinions that you're right. But don't worry, I'm also going to give you a Bain team. Those associates and...
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Here's how you know you've made it at Bain. The reward for doing a good job is getting a bigger, tougher problem next time. Meaning, you are always solving the easiest problem you will ever solve again. This takes a lot of resilience and active managing of self-expectations to remember that you are not actually getting worse, the problems are just getting harder. So my advice is to remember that. And then take a...
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Continue to find and promote the leadership that lives our operating principles.
Bain & Company2015-10-06 "Truly the best place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Bain & Company full-time for more than 3 years
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High impact work, collaborate with very smart people, great comp
Cons
Long hours can be draining
Advice to Management
Keep doing what you're doing
Bain & Company2019-06-17"Challenging job"
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I have been working at Bain & Company full-time for more than 5 years
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Fun environment, good exposure and challenging job
Cons
Long working hours and unpredictable time
Bain & Company2019-06-17"great place to work and develop"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Bain & Company full-time for more than 10 years
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culture, learning, people, variety of issues
Cons
the work can be demanding
Bain & Company2019-06-16"Great Company, great spirit"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Bain & Company full-time for more than 3 years
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People, spirit, fun, comp, great events (Bain World Cup)
Cons
work-life balance is sometimes tough
Bain & Company2019-06-16"Bain is my tribe"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Bain & Company full-time for more than a year
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Smart people, supportive environment, flexible carreerpath, lots of travel if you want, winning clients, true friendships, intellectual challenge
Cons
Long hours, especially at the Brussels office
Bain & Company2019-06-16"Excellent"
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To work sensitive and accurately
Cons
Working here is good and sensitive
Advice to Management
Humble your self and show good manner.
Bain & Company2019-06-15"Great place to work"
StarStarStarStarStarRecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Bain & Company full-time for more than 3 years
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Variety of projects, down to earth culture
Cons
Long hours, lots of travel
Bain & Company2019-06-15- Helpful (1)
"Director"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Bain & Company full-time
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Excellent culture- pragmatic, collaborate, smart, and fun.
Cons
High stress and challenging - but also why it is rewarding.
Bain & Company2019-06-10 "I feel so lucky to work at Bain"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Bain & Company full-time for more than a year
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Bain is such an incredible company to work for! The job content is so interesting and challenging - you constantly learn, especially because your team and managers are so supportive and dedicated to their team development and growth. On top, Bain offers such incredible personal experiences: I am going to take 2 months leave this summer, they will sponsor my MBA, they organise incredible events (Summer event in Portugal,...
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It can be a very intellectually challenging and intense place to work sometimes (it will never be a 9-5 job)
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September 27, 2016 – Director, Global Consultant Talent Management
You have captured the essence of what it means to work here! Thanks for sharing your experience.