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Boston Consulting Group

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Great place to start your career - Associate Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

5.0
Dec 7, 2012
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Pros

Wide range of industry and functional project experience. Phenomenal stepping stone to almost any subsequent business career in a large organization.

Cons

Inevitably you will be placed on a project that is either boring, tedious, highly time-consuming, or all of the above. Consultants are billed out at ~10x their salary so there is a huge arbitrage opportunity and thus most of the most talented consultants move on, leaving some variability in the quality of the partner group.

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5.0
Jul 2, 2026
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Pros

One of the best opportunities to accelerate career

Cons

High pressure environment and long hours

3.0
Jul 3, 2026
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Pros

Education on AI Fluency and access to the latest LLM models. My immediate team who energizes me.

Cons

BCG isn't what it used to be. Former CEO Rich Lesser cared about Innovation about deep IP and expertise, truly about unlocking the human potential that powers us. Current CEO and leadership trickles down commercialization message, everything is about metrics, what's the business impact, how many cases did this work touch, what is the trend. Often times appearing shortsighted. Lots of politics, lots of words, limited action from PA leadership, largely because they are unable to make a decision, going back and forth on priorities; Every MDP wanting to own something, with too many chefs in the kitchen, and not enough true clarity. Incentive metrics are broken, and asked to do more, An innovation unit is not recognized.

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