Is manager at Bain really a manager or just managing a sub team? How long as SM before you make AP at Bain?

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Manager (previously called Case Team Leader) is quite similar to a first year EM or PL in terms of responsibility, but is an automatic title adjustment after 2 years as a C. You’ll typically find yourself in one of two setups:
1) Managing a sub team (teamlet) of 2-3 and reporting into an SM or AP (sometimes a P)
2) Running a full M+3/4 case (usually towards the end of your M year)

That was pretty similar to my friends at McK/BCG who would either be running small teams running teams stacked under a Principal. Bain just makes you prove yourself before being given the big promotion to SM. SM promotion is the hardest one in a Bain career

SMs always report into Partners. Standard team is still SM+4, but you’ll often be running up to an SM+7 with Managers/Senior Cons running teamlets

AP is an auto title bump after 2.5 yrs as an SM. You are an AP for 1.5-3 years and after about a year or so should be stepping up into the junior partner role.

Overall time to Partner from MBA is the same as BCG at ~8 years, the time spent in each role is just slightly different.

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~400 for an SM1 this year

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I’m also curious about case team lead, manager, senior manager at Bain. How are they mapped to McK/BCG

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