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Boston Consulting Group

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Overall experience of working at BCG - Senior Associate Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

4.0
1 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

High stakes work, great learning curve, builds guts and confidence as it forces you to take ownership of your modules and present regularly to senior CXOs in client side. The fact that you have to switch projects fast and also become an expert in the project over a short duration forces you to grasp concepts faster and also enables you to learn a lot of ways of working, industry creds and makes you a much stronger and calmer person to work

Cons

The biggest con is the work life balance. From Mondays to Fridays you almost have no time for yourself or for doing any outside thing work activities, most projects involve work of at least 10-12 hours a day and hence you are often left working for longer hours. You might also end-up not bonding with people at work that much as you switch projects often

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5.0
2 Jun 2026
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Pros

Salary was great also the work life balance was average.

Cons

Pressure was real people are working overtime everyday!

2.0
14 May 2026
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Recommend
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Pros

BCG has top tier benefits, really smart colleagues, good in-office perks, and has a great company reputation. This was a huge part of my experience and has made me go back forth about my decision to leave.

Cons

This is speaking as someone who is not on the consulting side. On my particular team, office politics were very strong with little to no opportunities for people outside of the inner circle to assimilate. More broadly, I feel like the salary trajectory was a little slow, there is a lack of location mobility and and promotions can be hard to come by. Even so, I have personally seen exceptions be made for certain people. More broadly, being located in North America can be difficult since new roles are being open in other regions which is making internal mobility next to impossible. If you have any dissatisfaction with your current team, title, or level - there's a real possibility that you will have to wait multiple years before being able to make meaningful shifts towards your long term career goals.

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