Pros
Some amazing individuals (who have all left), good compensation but lagging compared to peers - they say "the culture makes up for it"
Cons
These reviews must be fake - there is no way consulting staff would rate Bain 4.5 stars as a place to work...turnover is extremely high and NPS in many regions is negative. Bain is still an old boys club. The most toxic individuals continue to get promoted and rewarded while actually talented, value adding employees leave and go onto bigger and better things. Heard one office hired an intern class that was 90% male. All this talk about diversity but no concrete actions put in place. Hours are extremely unpredictable. One day you can be working 14+ hours and the next day under 10. Impossible to establish a routine. The deadlines are fake and false sense of urgency every day, people act like if you don't finish your deck on time, the world will explode when in reality, no one outside your 6-person bubble actually cares. Overall, this whole industry shouldn't even exist. Recession is coming...good luck selling work. Coupled with aggressive hiring in recent years, everyone is sitting pretty waiting to get staffed, utilization must be below 50%. Inefficient working style - so many levels between you and the client. Everyone has a different perspective - get ready to iterate on your one slide 1000x to have it not even included in steerco materials. Performance reviews EXTREMELY subjective. One person might give you exceeding in all regards, the next thinks you're below standards. No formal mechanism for upward feedback for supervisors who aren't managers. Other firms moving to fully flexible, hybrid working model but Bain still forcing folks to come into the office. No one wants to be in the office. The loudest people in the room thrive here, not the smartest people. Also helps to be a white male.
