Bain & Company Associate Reviews

Pros

good projects great people great culture

Pros

- Perks are great - lots of offsites, global trainings and opportunities to spend time with peers builds a great network of friends in the office
- Work is incredibly varied, in ~2 years have worked in multiple industries and each project is different
- The people are incredibly smart, diverse and fun. The culture in general is amazing!
- A lot of Managers / Partners really care about the juniors, they will happily just chat to you about career moves etc. and are generally fairly approachable
- Great post-Bain options
- Flexibility options can be great - opportunities to live / work abroad, take externships and Leave of Absence
- Constant emphasis on improvements in the office, weekly surveys to track satisfaction and changes generally made on the feedback where possible

Advice to Management

Keep driving sustainability and increase the value proposition in London

Pros

- Steep learning curve
- Lots of responsibilities early on
- Interesting and high impactful work
- Generally capable and smart bosses/ teammates
- Very fun and tight-knit peer group
- Opens up lots of opportunities (from headhunters)

Advice to Management

- Make sure that the case management team really care about the welfare of the team; just a couple of poor case experiences is enough to cause churn
- Make sure that lateral hires and office transfers acculturate themselves to London (e.g. be caring of the team, actively listen to feedback, aim for 8pm finishes and not midnights)

Pros

Incredible people, interesting client issues, huge variety and a meritocratic organisation which encompasses people of many different backgrounds and personalities

Advice to Management

Invest more resources in developing our Sustainability practice - we lag competitors

Pros

Awesome culture all round, stimulating work and flexibility options

Pros

I'm continuously amazed by the number of offsites, trainings, international get-togethers that Bain offers its employees. It reminds me of the perks my parents had in the 80s/90s, which seem to have totally disappeared from the corporate landscape.

The perks are not only fun, they are amazing learning experiences, they provide us with support and are a reminder of the overall mission.

Advice to Management

Acknowledge employment history outside of Bain more

Pros

Great learning into different industries / functionalities
Great collegiate culture with lots of peers to work and play with
Local staffing model vs. intense travel at peer firms

Advice to Management

Be less commercial and sell more interesting work, focus on retaining talent/avoid burnout

Pros

Very interesting work; Real efforts to help consultants to maintain a reasonable work life balance; Plenty of opportunities to take 'breaks' and try new things (social impact externships, office transfers, MBA)

Advice to Management

Take some steps to tone down the emphasis on promotions - the incentive isn't needed; Keep going with the efforts to create a more 'best case experiences' - they are working

Pros

At Bain the positive you get:
- A well-rounded skillset with rigorous in-office and global training
- Management skills from 1-2 years into the job
- Good compensation
- Amazing culture with fun, ambitious people

Pros

The best job you can get out of university to set yourself up
-Learning is phenomenal
-Culture is spot on
-People are unbelievably smart

Advice to Management

Drive sustainability as much as possible; if you can crack that you will have the best people proposition hands down