Anyone here in a forward deployed role at Gamma? Do you travel a lot or does it depend on the case/project? Better wlb than regular management consulting teams?

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Forward deployed means client facing? Yes.

It depends on the case. Some cases have no travel, others have 100%. On average you can likely travel less than your classic counterparts in the same case (e.g., on one project, I could get away with traveling once every month or two since Gamma team was focused on writing code and we could collocate with each other in our home offices more conveniently than meeting at the client site, but on the same case, the classic team had to be on site continuously for nearly 8 months for change management / constant baby sitting of the client).

Work life balance is similar to classic… that is, highly variable, and if you don’t set firm boundaries, you’ll likely end up working at a burnout pace. As Gamma I think it is easier to move sideways into a more relaxed assignment (e.g., internal project), but as long as you are client facing, you are going to feel the same pressure as classics to perform and deliver at a fast pace.

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No, I would not recommend a client facing role if you want to prioritize WLB at BCG. I don’t think I’d recommend BCG in general since there are so many other companies you can work for where prioritizing wlb is a norm at the company. I tell people to come here if they want to work hard and turbocharge their development.

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