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Boston Consulting Group

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2.0
Apr 30, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Sparking water, points, trips, Friday lunches

Cons

Obsession with Powerpoint, live and die by "scores." Very little interest in solving client problems, dubious analysis, dissappointd by aptitude of colleagues. Seems like art majors would do best here. First case I was told I was being "hazed" because they didn't like me and wanted me to quit. I reported this to management, and was told that I had to stick with the same team for 3 months. I would come client side at 8 AM and leave at 10 PM, whether there was work or not, I was just required to be on-site for 14 hours a day. I took a substantial pay-cut to come to BCG and they were not interested in negotiating. The firm has absolutely awful technology. Antiquated laptops that frequently break, no desktops to use for processing power, few dual monitor set-ups. This is probably the least tech friendly place I have ever worked.

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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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