Bain or BCG? NY entry level
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My fiancé got approached for a Sales Executive Role at Instacart. Anyone have any insight into the company, job security, culture etc? They mentioned 100k base, 40-60% variable comp and an undisclosed equity grant. She’s already making 130k in a very secure job, so we are thinking no, but want to do our homework first.
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Bain ppl seem happier.
Because they don’t work at BCG
Bcg is bigger. Bain is better for PE. Go with cultural fit.
Wherever you click most with the people.
BCG. Source: worked at both
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Bain if you're a frat bro. BCG if you're a nerd.
Bain if you want to recruit for PE
Better than BCG, on par w Bain. Source - work at a PE firm with mostly Mck/Bain alum
^Yep
Depends, do you want to double your salary in 2 or 3 years?
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‘Manage out’ rate is higher at BCG.
So pick your poison.
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Bain. NY BCG office is 👎🏻
NY office is fine. MBB culture overall (and maybe more so at Mck and BCG) is very hierarchical, lots of misalignment between partners and with the client resulting in lots of wasted work and late nights for juniors
I have not seen Bain to have outsized exit ops. to McK/BCG in PE. Also, if you are joining post-grad you are going to have trouble transition to PE regardless of the firm. Bain has a higher % of overall work that is DDs, but McK overall practice is larger and BCGs is close to Bain's size. They all work with the largest PE firms. If you want to do DDs you will have plenty of opps at any of the three firms.
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FWIW BCG has roughly the same number of alums working in PE as Bain (it’s a bigger firm so the % is lower ofc, but overall number is the same)
Source: I worked on the marketing strategy for the PIPE practice where we looked into this
I’m def interested in PE, but not married to it yet. What makes PEG better than PIPE? type of deals?
@McK2 Bain’s PEG is 3x the size of the next largest consultancy and we advise 50% of global buyout transactions >$500m
Feel like you’re making a mistake if you pick based on PE exits as a lot of comments here have said. Who knows if you actually will end up wanting PE, and the difference is pretty marginal between any MBB with regards to PE. Tend to be a bit different culture wise, so would optimize for the people you’ll vibe with the most.
wow did you get both offers? Congrats!
Pre and post MBA
Why?
Bcg
McKinsey duh 🤪
BCG.