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Brattle Group Office

Brattle Group Office

BOUTIQUE FIRMS MAKE HUGE STRIDES

The year’s biggest surge belonged to The Brattle Group, which leaped from #35 to #7. The firm benefits from its tight-knit culture, explains one employee. “Brattle has made a concerted effort to propagate the collegial “small firm” feel that it has had since it was founded. And these efforts have largely been successful. It’s a friendly environment where you can know virtually everyone in the firm by their first name. We regularly have in-office happy hours and several annual events, like baseball games and holiday parties.”

The Cambridge Group jumped nine spots to #9, buoyed by its commitment to work-life balance. “There is a culture of flexibility to allow people to work where/when/how they want to when possible,” writes one respondent. “Travel is less than other institutional consulting firms, which means most of the time I get home in time to put my little girls to bed, which is important to me.”

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In fact, boutique firms are increasingly becoming a destination for top talent, who seek less travel, more specialized projects, and greater balance. When it comes to quality of life (i.e. job satisfaction, firm culture, work-life balance, ability to challenge, compensation, and promotion policies), the top boutique firm was the Insight Sourcing Group. Stott was struck by the respondents’ cheerfulness.  “The consultants we surveyed literally did not have a bad thing to say about the firm, and went out of their way to praise it for the quality of life they enjoy there.”

Overall, the top five boutique firms averaged scores above nine (on a ten point scale) on quality of life scores These firms included the Insight Sourcing Group, Point B, Censeo Consulting Group, The Brattle Group and The Chartis Group.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

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  • The Top Consulting Firms By Category
  • MBA Satisfaction Scores
  • The Top 50 Consulting Firms
  • In-Depth Rankings in the Following Categories:
    • Prestige
    • Compensation
    • Exit Opportunities
    • Culture
    • Work-Life Balance
    • Travel Requirements
    • Overall Satisfaction
    • Diversity

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