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Hi-

does anyone have a view on the range of salary a consultant with around 4 years experience can expect at BCG (London)?

Probably in the region of £79,456 - £87,890

However, of course, this depends on age, relevent experience, performance orientation at interview and case-study sophistication. Pay is comparable to other firms, however hours can be gyrating and uncertain.

ZB

looks like the result of some weird excel spreadsheet.

haha

zb is that for a consultant four years out of mba, or four years out of university?

by,

Do you have bricks for brains? You don't work for ACN do you? Of course I mean fours after university. Fours years after MBA you can expect six figures.

There are major pointers on BCG: it heavy and persistent reliance on analtyical rigour, process co-ordination ambiguity tolerance in thier problem solving approach. Futhermore, all strat firms a-priori style approach to strategy formulation, and delivery strategy is not to everyone's liking.

ZB

Yawn. Is that the time?

Hey zb you dickhead, there is no need to be so rude. Especially seeing as you appear to have major trouble spelling anything other than one syllable words.

ZB you have a problem.

No it is the IT charalatans and job finders like you who have taken over this forum which are the problem

No it is the IT charalatans and job finders like you who have taken over this forum which are the problem

ZB either you are in fact very junior in your firm and looking to validate the sacrifices you make in your lonely life - and I suspect transferring the lack of recognition and respect you experience at work onto others on this board, or else you are perhaps suffering both Aspergers and Tourettes, and are in fact no more than some analyst savant kept in a small room somewhere to process data but never included in social events, conversations etc around the office. Your lack of social intelligence would imply that you are both junior and never destined to move up the ranks. Of course you will now come back and tell me you are CEO of McKinsey, a non exec board adviser to Shell and invented the internet.

"Taken over this forum"?? Oh I see, you created this forum specifically for strategy consultants, did you? Our mistake, we'll all leave now.

You'd better let Tony know too, I don't think he's aware of your intentions.

Previous post directed towards ZB

hey zb you plonker, what is a charalatan?

do you possibly mean charlatan?

does anyone have a view on what the US salary would be at the equivalent level (i.e. Sr Consultant)

cheers

ZB got rejected by Accenture.

He also suffers from microphallus.

anyone with any sensible input? salary range for a senior consultant in the US....

thanks in advance

SIY

To structure this debate, these are the titles during your 4 first years post-mba at BCG:

Year 1-2: Consultant, USD 140K package

Year 3-4: Project Leader, no idea on exact number

Year 5-...: Principal, than partner after at least 3, mostly 5 years.

Note: A career isn't 100% predefined, but the time spans given are good guidelines imho.

So, after 4 years, you are either a 2nd year PL or a 1st year principal.

Fact: BCG raises your salary by 5% every 6 months. The 5% is confirmed for the lower ranks at least - let's assume the exact percentage stays like this throughout the ranks.

Fact: Big raise every promotion.

Estimate: 25% raise consultant => PL and PL=> Principal (This 25% includes the 5% 'standard' raise.)

This yields the following guesstimate for your BCG package 4 years out of your MBA:

(Every line is 6 months of time.)

Package Raise in %

140000 5

147000 5

154350 5

162067,5 25

202584,375 5

212713,5938 5

223349,2734 5

234516,7371 25 <= 2nd year PL

293145,9214 5 <= First year principal

307803,2175 5

323193,3783 5

339353,0472 5

356320,6996 5

374136,7346 5

There you have it, my best guess is USD 235-295K.

Note: Bonus becomes more significant as well as variable as you move up. Guarantueed part of package will rise slower, expected bonus quicker over time.

Hope it helps.

Reflection: In reality it might be a bit more lucrative, since the principal-partner pay gap with my numbers.

Working with people that dull is not worth USD 235-295K.

Yawn, thank you for your great reasoning.

thanks for the info.

Go away you yank: this forum is not for ignorant, obese, hamburger-munching, trigger-happy idiots like you

i'm jesus f#$@#$ christ and i can walk on water.

How much salary can i expect?

some fish and bread!