Delivers exactly what consulting promises, the good and the bad - Project Leader Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

4.0
Sep 10, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great learning opportunities, fantastic benefits and salary, work with brilliant people. Top notch professional development and on the whole very good managers.

Cons

Just as you would expect, 4 days a week on the road, long hours and unpredictability put real limits on a "normal" life. Not every case is a grind but you can't predict the ebbs and flows of work. More problematic is that the work can be unfulfilling or even boring at times, with an increasing number of cases focused on implementation, organizational "transformation" (or Org Efficiency -- aka layoffs).

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Cons

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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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