I am a Project Manager at BCG and was hired in 2006. My salary was $145,000 with a annual bonus of about $45,000.

I was hired as a Consultant in 2004 and was offered a salary of 120K with a $30,000 signing bonus.

There is a lot of client interaction at BCG. Most of the work we do is very useful to the client. At times, I can feel like the work we do is just superficial in the sense that we make the analysis prettier and visually more appealing to get the Partner to notice our abilities.

The environment is very conservative. We do work very hard in the company, but do not have much time for "play." Everyone in the company is very easy going, but they do focus more on their work than their life outside of work. If you get hired at BCG, expect to make work you're number 1 priority and live your life as work.

I have been constantly changing from client to client and project to project. Although this is fun (and expected from Consultants), it can be very taxing at times. Travel can be brutal if you are staffed on a project that requires you to be at the client site 4 days out of the week. I'm not burnt out yet, but if I don't slow down, I probably will need to take a long break/vacation.

I am an Associate at BCG. I make 60K in salary and about 12K in bonus.