Hi BCG fish! I just signed my offer letter to join starting next year in Brazil. Any tips on how to prepare? And who makes staffing decisions? I want to start networking with people globally to help me get staffed on projects related to my industries of interest.

Hi everyone! My names Diana & as a new account manager I’m having a hard time building up my clientele, it seems a lot of companies aren’t up for as much contract work as there used to be. Any tips or companies you may know that would be good to go after? I work for a technical recruiting company and we specialize in contract (otherwise things would be a lot easier) please reach out!

what are you go-to brands for work clothes?

Can you lose your job if you don’t like the animosity from your creative team and speak up about it ? Genuinely worried I might be disrupting the peace by saying something 🥴 the anxiety is terrible! Do I just accept it that they don’t like me or speak up and potentially burn that bridge?

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I have joined IBM and resigned within 50 days.
Reason: project I was allocated not good and I initially rejected project but they forcefully moved to the project.I have asked multiple times to replace the project after that I have resigned.
Now manager is threatening me that I will be placed under no hire to IBM.
Is it ethical?

Before how many should I inform the onboarding HR if I want to postpone the joining date from Friday to next Monday ( from 26th Aug to 29th Aug )
Is it an easy process or can also be declined ?

Do you get your mom's flowers for Valentine's day? My mom is single, so I thought it might be a nice gesture

Job recommendations for someone enjoying TAS (FDD) work, but doesn't want to be as into the weeds/details on the Company's accounting?

Hi, any consultant freelancing in Dubai? How do you go about finding gigs ? LinkedIn? Recruiters? Your personal network?

I find it so intriguing that influencers have come to have a greater impact than celebrities.

For the people who earned the SHRM-CP, did you feel it was worth it? I have an indirect HR position, been applying for more HR focused positions and wondering if this would help. I got the CAPM (certified associate of project management) in December, but that hasn’t really changed things. Would love some opinions before working on another certification!

Considering dating apps—any insights?

Nice bowl to avoid lowering the average in the US-centric threads. Anybody else finding that with the lack of pay rises this year, it’s become even harder to benchmark? Had a few recruiters recently suggesting I’d get 25% more by moving to a competitor but no telling whether that’s a short term-gain for a longer term hit.

How much equity would you push for if you considered a VP role at a Series C? What if it was $100m valuation vs $1B valuation?

I completed my HR discussion in capgemini one week back. My HR told she will send mail with a amcat test link. But till now i didn't receive any such mail(6 days passed). Am i rejected or will it take some time to send mail?

Hi All, I heard from someone that wipro is stopping recruting ex-wiproites like tcs? Is that true?

If I decline one FAANG offer for another, Will I get blacklisted at the one I declined??

I feel left out in my firm. How do I make 'friends' with my colleagues? I've been here for a year. I am naturally not a very out going person, was never 'cool' and I struggle to speak in group situations / make engaging conversation with higher ups. It is an important trait to have in this job and I just don't know how to do this. It makes me very upset - I even sought therapy but wasn't useful. I can't spend 14 hours each day feeling like this:(

What do you think of today’s (6/9) IBM major worldwide Cloud outage? Could it be related to the recent major layoffs?

Hi All,

Ill be joining vois next mnth wd ctc of 6.54 as assistant manager wt will be my in hand?

Don’t do it. It’s not worth it.

Can anyone provide me a salary range for a Consultant at BCG Platinion in Western Europe? (Ideally based out of London/ Brussels/ Amsterdam)

Currently interviewing for a Product Owner role at Platinion.

Done with final interview round of BCG for lateral placements and the HR has asked for a call for communicating final result. Generally they do this for communicating yes or no? Super anxious!

Hi BCG 🐠, anyone from the lifesciences or MedTech sectors willing to chat about making the jump to BCG from a boutique lifesciences strategy shop?

About to begin the recruitment process for BCG and am coming in from EY where I’m currently a manager. I have pretty good work life balance: 8 am to 7 pm and on fridays, I can sign off at 3 pm. People are great at EY but I know the work could be more interesting at BCG and also greater pay. Currently making $150k. Should I just stay put? What are the big draws of moving to BCG? I hear it’s crazy hours too…

Has anyone postponed BCG Round 1, and how did you do it? Thanks!!

Looking to exchange with former Kearney folks who know Operations/Procurement the Kearney way and can give insight how BCG Operations/Procurement work compare. Type of work, clients, impact, pressure to deliver / level of contingent deals linked to savings delivered.

Resume best practices for a BCG application - do I need a summary and does it matter if its 2 pages? I have 10 years of work experience

Currently a senior 3 at EY and hope to get promoted to manager next year by October. Is it better to move over to BCG after promotion as a project leader? Or would that not be a lateral move as a EY manager?

Any possible referral for BCG generalist Associate role? Looking for UK, India, or Singapore. Currently based in Europe, looking to move to an English speaking country to be considered for generalist roles pre MBA. Thanks a lot!

Hello Everyone I've been shortlisted for Knowledge Analyst Healthcare role in BCG. I'm told there will be two Case Study Interviews. Can someone tell me if they know about the types of Case Studies i can expect in these two interviews. Thanks in Advance.

Currently interviewing for BCG NYC as a partner. Any fish out there who can help me with some pointers? Anyone Coming from Accenture would be even better

HI BCG Fishes, I am Currently a Quant in the FI looking for a change. I got approached to join BCG GAMMA as Solution Lead. Any feed back regarding the Solutions Track in GAMMA is it worth taking I havent been able to find much about this track? Boston Consulting Group

Hi, contemplating a bcg expert track PL role after 5 years of ops consulting. Any perspectives on the career trajectory on the expert track vs generalist track? Are the expert track folks really given a 'step child' treatment? Any thoughts on potential exit opportunities?