BOSTON, Feb. 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), one of the world’s leading management consulting firms, has continued its extraordinary run near the top of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list. Ranking number four, BCG has made the top five for five years in a row and is one of only two companies to be included in the top dozen every year since it began participating in 2006.
BCG’s focus on harnessing its collaborative culture, investing in learning and development, and offering career flexibility and global mobility are instrumental in attracting top talent. The firm’s world-class benefits and its partnership with global and local social impact organizations contribute to its strong performance on the Fortune list and burnish its reputation as a premier employer.
In its profile of BCG, Fortune said: “Equality of opportunity is prized at this global consultancy, which has spent over $100 million on a program to make work schedules more predictable in a 24/7 industry. Work/life balance makes ‘employees happier, more complete humans.’ And even junior staffers feel valued: ‘I have access to leadership worldwide,’ says one.”
The firm’s innovative work-life balance program, called PTO (which stands for predictability, teaming, and open communication), helps establish a detailed road map for each project, with transparent working norms and priorities (so low-value work doesn’t consume high-value personal and professional time) and a collectively agreed-on time-off goal for each team member. PTO provides a sustainable and predictable work path.
At BCG, diversity of expertise, experience, and background are fundamental to success. The firm takes a holistic approach across all people processes to create culturally adaptive teams and an inclusive workforce.
BCG also maintains well-established and engaged employee resource networks and has launched a wide range of diversity and inclusion initiatives to connect people across the organization. Among these are local and network office affiliation activities, an inclusion dialogue series, mentorships, and career development programs. In addition, the firm’s LGBT-friendly benefits and practices have been recognized as world class, as have its programs for working parents.
Great Place to Work, which provides the research underlying the Fortune rankings and conducts an extensive employee survey, noted in its review of BCG that:
- 98% of employees say, “We have special and unique benefits here.”
- 98% say, “People here are willing to give extra to get the job done.”
- 98% say, “Management is honest and ethical in its business practices.”
Joe Davis, BCG’s chairman of North America, commented: “We continue to be honored by this recognition and are proud to have placed in the top five for five consecutive years and in the top ten for a decade. This recognition is a testament to our collective purpose—to unlock the potential of those who advance the world around us by driving inspired impact for our clients, leading with integrity, and growing our people.”
This year’s 100 Best Companies list and related stories will appear in the March 1 issue of Fortune, which goes on sale on February 19. They are available now online at Fortune.com/Best-Companies.
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About Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For
To identify the 100 Best Companies to Work For, each year Fortune partners with Great Place to Work to conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America. Great Place to Work bases its ranking on a data-driven methodology applied to anonymous Trust Index survey responses from more than 315,000 employees at Great Place to Work–certified organizations with more than 1,000 employees and receive enough survey responses to achieve a 95% confidence level with no more than a 5% margin of error.
About The Boston Consulting Group
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a global management consulting firm and the world’s leading advisor on business strategy. We partner with clients from the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors in all regions to identify their highest-value opportunities, address their most critical challenges, and transform their enterprises. Our customized approach combines deep insight into the dynamics of companies and markets with close collaboration at all levels of the client organization. This ensures that our clients achieve sustainable competitive advantage, build more capable organizations, and secure lasting results. Founded in 1963, BCG is a private company with offices in more than 90 cities in 50 countries. For more information, please visit bcg.com.