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Boston Consulting Group

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Your experience is dictated by the projects you get. Get ready to roll the dice. - Consultant Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

2.0
Aug 1, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

-Great healthcare -Nice offices -Some really great managers -Some really interesting projects with real impact -Feedback culture that, in the best of circumstances, helps you grow/develop quickly

Cons

-Some really terrible managers -Some really boring projects with unclear scope or questionable impact -Feedback culture that, on average, is not well-executed and leads to anxiety/kills confidence -Work/life balance, especially if you are in TMT or TA -Staffers that care more about billability than your learning and development

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Cons

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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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