Amazing people, interesting work, fantastic benefits. But very difficult content, demanding clients and managers - Consultant Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

4.0
Oct 15, 2014
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Pros

You get access to the top tier of industry decision-makers. Your client list will be a who's-who of people and companies that make the world run. Yet, the colleagues are among the most down to earth and nicest people on the planet

Cons

Most assignments are done on extremely tight time frames. The projects and problems are extremely difficult, and although this is good, it does place immense pressure on teams

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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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