BRG reviews

3.9

81% would recommend to a friend

(418 total reviews)

David J. Teece

90% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

BRG has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 418 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BRG employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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418 reviews
3.0
Sep 5, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Smart people, different and interesting projects (no boring routine), chance to own analysis pieces.

Cons

When there is a client deadline, work/life balance dissolves entirely - this is largely an industry complaint, though. Professional growth is not promoted by the firm. The lifespan here is a few years and out if you start at the bottom. Management, in my experience, has not been internally grown even a single time. Advancement depends entirely on external circumstances such as which city you work in (access to bigger markets or big players), your managers/group and their workflow/business development practices, and the work volume in the group's pipeline. The firm itself doesn't seem to do much more than provide an HR/Admin/BD skeleton. A franchise model with experts peppering the country (and globe), running their own groups the way they see fit.

1.0
Jul 15, 2020

Consulting

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Expensed meals, travel points, hotel points

Cons

No WLB, teammates are rude and racist, no room to grow, horrible coaching

2.0
Nov 22, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

BRG is solid when looking at the different types of work and skills you'll encounter and ultimately learn. You'll work on some interesting things, the office space in DC is great, and overall the benefits package is pretty good. Individual employees receive a generous training budget that can be used towards learning & development. Initially, you will learn A LOT of new skills that are extremely valuable in today's business environment. However, see Cons for the other side of this point.

Cons

Be prepared to work long hours! Work/life balance is definitely a struggle at BRG and is something you should consider before accepting a position here. At BRG, hours billed come before the employees and it shows! Unofficial competitions among employees to see who can bill the most hours has occurred and it's extremely toxic! Career development is also very hit or miss and depends on how close/well liked you are by managers/directors. This will honestly determine how good of a time you have at BRG. Expressing the types of work your enjoy is also somewhat futile as upper level management does a bad job of recognizing individual employee strengths. As mentioned in the Pros section, you will learn a lot of new skills in the beginning! However, after 6-12 months you will find that your skills development plateaus and it can become quite boring. Lastly, COMMUNICATION. This has been one of the most frustrating issues I've encountered at BRG. Managers/Directors not communicating with Consultants, who in turn don't communicate with Associates & Senior Associates. This issue has come up countless times whilst working on a variety of different projects. Management will emphasize over-communicating, but I have yet to see that come to fruition. My advice: If you're just starting out of college, this can be a good stepping stone to better things. Learn all the skills you can in the first year, and try to find ways to manage the work/life balance. Management will try and distract you through compensation and frequent promotion periods, but ultimately this is only hurting themselves.

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