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Boston Consulting Group

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Great for consultants, terrible for admin staff - Anonymous employee Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

2.0
11 May 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Vast majority of reviews are from consulting staff not admin. - Pay is good - All the perks that the consultants get - International travel

Cons

Admin staff basically paid well but are 3rd world citizens. Except to be treated as such by consulting - IT Management are very chaotic - Flat structure; very little chance to grow - No real technical training - Expect to be on call with no recompense - Low budgets = weak resources = overworked people After 3-4 years you have essentially learnt to work adhoc and not learnt anything about IT. Don't do it if you except a career in IT.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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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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