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Boston Consulting Group

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Great Company for everyone but BST - BST/Operator Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

3.0
3 Jan 2025
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Pros

Amazing benefits mixed with great people!!

Cons

Training for BST is inadequate—it's more of a "sink or swim" approach without a clear, structured outline. In the WAS office, some leaders can be downright rude, avoiding conversation and ignoring colleagues, which is unprofessional. There's a noticeable lack of diversity in the leadership team, and it’s crucial that they start listening to a more diverse range of voices. This is the only way they might retain their Black talent, as most are gone within two years. The turnover is largely due to stakeholders not being transparent with feedback, particularly for African American A's, C's, and PL's. Although a program was created to assign MDP's to A's and C's to help them succeed, it hasn’t been effective. Many stakeholders are out of touch with the challenges faced by these employees, especially since they often come from different economic backgrounds and seem uncomfortable giving constructive feedback. They consistently say everything is fine during check-ins, only for employees to discover at the end of the year that their performance is deemed poor. This disconnect continues to be a problem, and the only way to address it may be by having more Black leadership in the company—right now, there are only two Black leaders in the entire US, which isn’t enough to drive meaningful change.

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5.0
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Pros

flexible life style and good pay

Cons

long hours to work and weekends

2.0
14 May 2026
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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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