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Good people, but very hyped - Associate Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

4.0
5 Sept 2023
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Pros

I get paid 110k base as an Associate out of college. This salary puts me in the 90-95th percentile for my age group, so I can't complain. The other Associates at BCG are very nice and I've made a lot of friends here.

Cons

The "up or out" culture means that every 6 months, there's a review to determine how well you're doing. If you perform poorly in a review, they check in in 3 months to see if you've fixed the issues. If not, then you're out. This creates a lot of stress and instability. Working 65 hours per week is standard. Which usually means 9am-11pm Monday through Thursday (if you don't take any breaks for dinner), and 9am-6pm on Friday.

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Pros

So much learning and great culture

Cons

Decently long hours, lots of travel

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Pros

BCG has top tier benefits, really smart colleagues, good in-office perks, and has a great company reputation. This was a huge part of my experience and has made me go back forth about my decision to leave.

Cons

This is speaking as someone who is not on the consulting side. On my particular team, office politics were very strong with little to no opportunities for people outside of the inner circle to assimilate. More broadly, I feel like the salary trajectory was a little slow, there is a lack of location mobility and and promotions can be hard to come by. Even so, I have personally seen exceptions be made for certain people. More broadly, being located in North America can be difficult since new roles are being open in other regions which is making internal mobility next to impossible. If you have any dissatisfaction with your current team, title, or level - there's a real possibility that you will have to wait multiple years before being able to make meaningful shifts towards your long term career goals.

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