Solid post-undergrad work experience - Associate Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

4.0
Nov 11, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Unparalleled access to senior leaders at major organization, ability to see inner workings of top management, and opportunity to learn from some of the best. Very few jobs right out of college would offer such an incredible learning opportunity.

Cons

Constant travel, usually to someplace exceptionally dull. Excessive focus on minor things that don't matter much (e.g. slide formatting) at the expense of actual mentorship opportunities. Less culturally uniform than McK or Bain, meaning greater variation office to office.

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5.0
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Cons

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3.0
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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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