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4.2

84% would recommend to a friend

(9,633 total reviews)
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87% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Boston Consulting Group has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 9,633 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Boston Consulting Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Administración y consultoría industry (3.7 stars).

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10K reviews
2.0
Feb 18, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Great exposure to different industries. Company overall repect people's need. Freedom to take long leaves, such as one-month leave. Also, we are provided with lots of opportunities to do secondments, transfer etc.

Cons

Culture is not as good as people claims. Severe political style and game rules that you need to follow. Didn't get the recognition that I deserve. BCG does not judge people by his/her performance in promotion decision, but by his/her loyalty to one boss/ practice area. Also, your reputation plays a huge role in your promotion. But the way to decide your reputation is simply gossip on ADC/CDCs, a group of principals/partners to discuss an associate/consultant that he has never met with. It is not first time that I received unfair decision/ feedback from CD meeting. They came up with things/reviews that never happened. Metal harassment. Bosses blaim people in a very bad manner. I saw many people who are blaimed to tears in the office. Intensive work( common to work till 1~2 am everyday), but sometimes I feel meaningless of what I am doing. Don't know where the value lies. Unwise decisions from PPL/ partners. Seen many bosses who know nothing about client, but keep talking to show his/her presence, and some bosses who make team to redo slides again and again for similiar storylines. I simply don't understand what's the meaning to package storylines for 20 times. Why don't we solve problems for clients, insead of piping up slides? Demotivated after 2 yrs of work. You worked very hard, and your PLs approved your capability, but still, you cannot get promoted because you didn't have someone at CD meeting to back you up. No matter how many achievements you have made, these CD people take it for granted, but if you do 1% thing wrong, they will enlarge the 1% mistake and make it a disaster in your career. What's the meaning for me to work until 2am everyday for you? What's the meaning for me to try my best to give you a 100% perfect deck?

3.0
Nov 26, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very talented and intelligent employees Great pay and benefits Excellent exposure to clients and industries and opportunity very early on to be put in impressive situations Nice office events and retreats

Cons

Diversity is okay but depends on what "type" of diversity you are looking for - not very diverse in terms of background with everyone coming from the same set of schools and privileged backgrounds - racial diversity is low particularly for among African-American and Hispanic/Latino cohorts Experience seems highly correlated with staffing opportunities and luck - if staffing doesn't put you in optimal situations off-the-bat it's an uphill battle from the start - surprisingly there are a significant number of managers (project leaders and principals who are not nice people) and usually the people who leave at that level are actually the individuals you'd want to work with - if business needs do not align with you interests, very likely you will get staffed on cases not in the industry or functional area in which you want to gain experience Personally found it hard to find true and trustworthy mentors

3.0
Aug 23, 2017

Do 2 years then get out

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

* Good to learn the consulting toolkit * Contact with senior executives * Broadening opportunities across industries

Cons

* No work life balance. They use you up. Culture of face time * Very high level "expertise". Value proposition still mostly just smart people * MBA alpha personalities covering lack of substance

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