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Boston Consulting Group

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Either a consultant or a nobody - Senior Knowledge Analyst Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

3.0
3 May 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Non-consulting tracks are great for those who want to settle down with not so competitive pay, minimum hours of work, and great benefits for the family. Truly very smart people (most are on the consulting track of course) to work with.

Cons

Non-consulting tracks are career suicides for those who want to aim high. Minimal team work, second class to consultants, and minimal transferal skills outside of research roles. Internal processes are extremely manual and time consuming. Hard to defend in front of clients when they pay big bucks for digital strategy but there is nothing digital going on within the firm.

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Pros

Good benefits, people, lots of resources

Cons

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2.0
14 May 2026
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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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