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Advice: Stay away! - Finance Boston Consulting Group Employee Review

1.0
16 Feb 2023
Recommend
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Pros

The health insurance and time off policies

Cons

The benefits are excellent but this is offset by a few significant things. The comp is below market value, the culture is poor, and the workload is extremely high. I have never before witnessed so much disrespect and negativity in the workplace. Reading other reviews, the culture may be different in other departments. Although based on what I’ve seen from other groups, I’m not convinced. In Finance, the culture is ripe with passive-aggressive, exclusive, and overall toxic behavior. I wish I had known this before joining as it has taken a huge toll on my mental health. Another point worth mentioning is for all of the long hours and pain you endure, there is such a limited potential for advancement unless you move teams/functions. Odd for an organization that is hyper-focused on hierarchy and status. Anyone and everyone is looking to take their stress out on you verbally and/or passive-aggressively and that has been normalized.

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Pros

Good benefits, people, lots of resources

Cons

Can have long hours and lots of travel

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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