Why do people at MBB go and get their MBAs and return to MBB, are you not able to get promoted without one?

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Yeah I’m going because I don’t want to be at BCG forever, it’s free, and I’m tryna party for two years

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For BCG, I got the MBA promote before leaving, so my salary will be roughly the same on return ($165k) but I’ll be a year from making Project Leader

You can get promoted without an MBA (and at McK all BAs can go straight to EM without bschool). For most people it’s about the having a free opportunity to have a new experience, party, travel, meet people, learn some things, boost your resume, take a break from work, etc.

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Yeah, why would you say no to a free MBA, taking 2 years off, partying and meeting great people?!

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...because they pay for them if you come back afterwords for 2 years.

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Also they usually go to a top mba so it’s another prestige feather on their resume

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You also don’t have to worry about recruiting for a job and you’re allowed to do an internship wherever you want, which is great!

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Exactly what BC1 said 😊

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What they said ^^^

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