Bain & Company Are you happy at Bain & Company? What are your biggest complaints?

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I was a cross offeree and I’m quite happy with my decision to join Bain. People are down to earth, the company is ethical, cases are stimulating, and the compensation is nice.

My biggest gripe: We should promote our stars to partner as fast as McKinsey and BCG…appears that we are about a year slower on average.

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It was a response to McKinsey changing Principal title to AP. Thought would give the edge as Partner sounds more senior. Ridiculous, I know.

Yes! Great people, meaningful work, constant stimulation (which I need). Not competitive though everyone is high-achieving.

Hours can be variable but I’ve found that people will generally respect boundaries. And it’s gotten more controllable over time as I’ve moved up.

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On comp I assume you mean?

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Had offers from all MBB and chose Bain. Can’t say if I would have had a better experience at McK or BCG, but I can say that I have loved it so far. Interesting projects with laid back people and have found it to be more sustainable that I thought.

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Yes.

Biggest complaints: poor leadership at the lower levels and even from some (but not many) partners; wokism has taken hold (witness "womxn" and accompanying diversity obsession); too content to be a follower of M&B and rest on our PE laurels.

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I love working at Bain. I find everyone super supportive, and the teaming environment is fun.

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Very happy. Used to work at BCG (different geography) and had cross offer from McK before joining.

Love the people side of it, and the fact that we work more closely with clients than for them (my personal case experience, not sure whether it holds true across the company)

What I don't like is that we often lack the infrastructure of large corporations, but then, on the other hand, there's some charme in reinventing the wheel over and over...

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