A friend has offers for Bain and BCG Dubai at the consultant level (joining just after his MBA) and he is confused on which one to take. Any thoughts to help him make a decision? Things he cares about are total compensation, career progression, mobility/ transfers to other offices and casework focus on tech (if any).

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I have no helpful comment but heard there is no WLB in Dubai independent of the consulting firm

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BCG is the bigger name in the region for sure, meaning potentially better/more interesting projects and I would assume more diverse work. I don’t think WLB is actually as bad as people make it sound here, not worse than US East coast and Western Europe and getting better since a few years, but it varies greatly between projects/people. We do quite a bit of tech work in the region, with Platinion just opening being a sign of this :)

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Bain has a strong office in Dubai but with poor WLB

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