Is it really that brutal working at BCG? Had a friend who said it was a toxic environment and the pressure was too great that she left for another industry

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The only MBB I considered leaving S& for was BCG for their tolerant, supportive and incredible people.

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The pressure is full on and takes time to adjust to. I was promoted recently and I can see how I was ready for it - the pressure used to impact me emotionally, now it’s just a thing that motivates me to ensure a certain set of baseline activities are crossed off my list.

The learning curve is brutal, but if you can get up it over a couple of years, it evens out like anything else.

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Damn, you've made an amazing point re promotion readiness

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Totally depends on your team. I'm sure there are high pressure, toxic environments, but I don't work with those people.

Like an mbb, they work long hrs, even compared to their strategy counterparts in big 4, from just what I’ve seen in my friends/exclass mates

Not a toxic environment. There is pressure to improve because the folks I work with are so talented, and a lot of support from teams to do so. Maybe it’s just me, but that’s what I’m looking for from this job.

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