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Boston Consulting Group

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Toxic work place - Project Leader Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

1.0
Nov 13, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

* training (although being scaled back to more virtual and fewer in person) * brilliant office facilities including free coffee :) * great socials albeit poorly attended * constant learning opps. if not on bench

Cons

* lack of community in London office and around Practice Areas (although some are slightly better than others here) * most teams are psychologically unsafe environments due to fear of bad reviews and culture of 1 bad review and you are out * career opportunities not as good as they have been previously - due to massive overhiring and flooding of BCGers into the market, and less demand pull into tech/VC/PE/corporate strat teams due to economic climate

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5.0
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Pros

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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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