Good visibility and fast growth, but can be soul crushing - Senior Associate Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

4.0
Apr 30, 2026
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Pros

Good visibility, you participate on a very senior level meetings early on, doing (sometimes) interesting projects, grow (relatively) fast

Cons

Sometimes it is soul crushing. Also compensation is quite low for this level of commitment, if you live in a big city, can't save much. And it becomes less and less attractive from one year to another, as more and more benefits are being taken away. Consulting isn’t what it used to be 10–15 years ago.

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5.0
Jul 2, 2026
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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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