Bain & Company reviews

4.4

89% would recommend to a friend

(8,309 total reviews)
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92% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

Bain & Company has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 8,309 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Bain & Company employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management et conseil aux entreprises industry (3.7 stars).

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5.0
Jul 12, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Bain offers numerous opportunities for personal and professional growth that are hard to find at other companies, even other consulting firms. The people their are great, I made so many life long friends during my time there -- smart, confident and driven yet enjoy life and don't take themselves too seriously. Finally, Bain is remarkably well-run for such a large oranization. They do a good job of keeping career development and promotions transparent and making sure the staff gets the training and feedback they need to grow and develop.

Cons

It's consulting firm. Bain is a world-class organization and without a doubt the best company I've ever worked for, but if you want to be something other than an adviser, eventually you have to move on.

4.0
Jun 29, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Advancement opportunities: Bain offers a career path you're unlikely to find elsewhere in management consulting, let alone other industries. Good money: Bain is tight on travel expenses and this allows to maximise net income, mostly to the partners' benefit but also to generous salary raises across all levels, based on performance. Learning environment: the training sessions are frequent and thoughtful, and you learn from intelligent and articulate people on a daily basis. Brand on your cv

Cons

Lots of possibly unnecessary travel: Bain Italy tends to staff people at the client's monday/friday, often to nobody's advantage and just to show the client we're there. Long hours: like every management consultancy.

4.0
Jun 18, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The Brand name is very strong...much stronger than banks like JP Morgan, Lehman, Bear Stearns, or UBS..... Below prestige of Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley. Proportionately, we probably get more people into Harvard and Stanford B-School though.

Cons

The compensation is too low, and there is not enough variation to separate the great employees from the good ones. There is also sometimes an awful lot of the consulting BS.....we often will try to make an estimate on top of an estimate on top of an estimate until our answer is either so watered down it doesn't help, or just really off.

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