Pros
I've been at BCA for 15 months and it's been the highlight of my career. You might think I'm biased because I'm the CEO. Perhaps. Regardless, here's my perspective:
- An incredible place to start one's career. The Strategists here are titans in their field (global macro), and because we're a tight-knit culture mostly based in Montreal & London, there are lots of opportunities to get mentorship, learn, and grow.
- Genuinely nice people. Like truly kind. Care about and look after each other. Collaborative.
- Intellectual firepower is through the roof. I wouldn't want to go head to head with a single colleague on Jeopardy.
- Passionate lovers of macro and global affairs. Lots of different languages spoken around the office. Heterogenous, multi-national, and curious. Very few colleagues are transactional; they're at BCA because they're passionate about their work.
- Again, yes I'm biased, but given the enduring and growing need for macro insights, I expect growth to continue to accelerate, our brand profile to grow, and opportunities to proliferate.
- We are the essential source of macro insight. If you want to go beyond the conventional wisdom of global macro, you simply need us. We think different. And we mean it.
Cons
The company is 75 years old, so as with any company with such a proud heritage, we need to increasingly benefit from fresh perspective in order to grow, modernize, and adapt.