Boston Consulting Group reviews

- Typically extensive travel - Long hours (always 60 hours+ per week) - Many short projects (<5 weeks), which are exhausting "sprints" and often prevent the development of strong client relationships or team bonding - Forced rotation among managers can mean exposure to great managers and poor managers with little to no choice - Rotation among projects & managers requires consistent getting up to speed on managers' styles; may not click and can lead to poor reviews - Some offices have fewer long-term or large clients, forcing a very exhausting, consistent sales culture - Interview process only moderately successful at forecasting employee performance - Verbal focus on work-life balance, but in practice, depends greatly on the client, the type of project, and most importantly your manager. Again, unusual to have <60 hour work weeks, and will generally involve travel - Some offices are very travel heavy, while others have more local work

My office was starting to move towards less than stellar jobs, just so they could say they were still growing. Partners ended up taking projects that didn't play to BCG strengths, so associates were underprepared and under supported.