Boston Consulting Group reviews

- your actual manager will change for each project and you are more likely than not to have someone horrible over you with very unrealistic expectations - on paper "they care about work like balance", however, trust me, that's a big lie. people over work A LOT and managers expect you to do so too. Needless to say, if you don't, you won't get promoted ... - BCG is NOT a tech company, sou will always be seen as a non essential member even if you will literally be bringing crazy value - Salary is SO low in comparison to the value you are bringing - growth within the company is SO slow, political, unfair, unrelated to your actual skill that its sickening. They would rather bring in someone new rather than promoting veteran employees - if you are a fresh graduate joining BCG, make sure not to feel trapped within the ecosystem. You will need to learn a lot of BCG specific stuff that is useless elsewhere so keep this in mind and focus on what can be portable and usable everywhere else

- Long hours and difficult to manage expectations - Culture is low on empathy, trust and friendliness - High stress levels, constant up-or-out reviews, constant criticism - Career progression is highly competitive and accessible to selected few - Very few people "make it" and it requires having the "magic sauce", which is combination of socialialabity, political manipulation skills, witts, and stealth - Most people leave after a few years for good reasons - Unless you make it to partner the pay-per-hour is below par - After a few years it becomes difficult to relate to normal people, and you might need to ask them to write a bullet point executive summary for you :)