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Best Consulting Firms to Work For

Which firms fare best on these individual rankings of key employment factors?
Survey Methodology

When it comes to a satisfying work experience, there are many different factors that come into play—everything from a job's ability to challenge an employee and the training and mentoring to the number of hours spent working or travelling each week, and the compensation that the employee takes home for doing their job. All told, we have identified 20 separate "Best to Work For" factors—each of which is represented by its own ranking. These rankings help to build a picture of the firms consultants find the most amenable to a fulfilling, satisfying work experience.

Survey respondents were asked to rate their own firm across a variety of factors that affect their daily working lives. Those factors are:

  • Benefits
  • Compensation
  • Diversity
  • Firm Culture
  • Firm Leadership
  • Formal Training
  • Health & Wellness
  • Hours in the Office
  • Informal Training
  • Innovation
  • Interaction with Clients
  • Internal Mobility
  • International Opportunities
  • Level of Challenge
  • Overall Business Outlook
  • Promotion Policies
  • Relationships with Supervisors
  • Satisfaction
  • Selectivity
  • Work/Life Balance

Firms were then ranked in each category based on the average rating assigned by their own consultants.

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2024 Best Consulting Firms for Internal Mobility

#1
SCORE 8.967
2023 Rank 2

ghSMART

ghSMART Founder Dr. Geoff Smart’s Psychology PhD dissertation found that those private equity firms best at choosing teams made the most money. Equipped with an expertise in human behavior, he and his early colleagues went on to advise private...

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#2
SCORE 8.850
2023 Rank 1

Bain & Company

Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world’s most ambitious change-makers define the future. Across 64 cities in 39 countries, the firm works alongside clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary...

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#3
SCORE 8.696
2023 Rank 12

OC&C Strategy Consultants

Focusing on strategic analysis, OC&C Strategy Consultants breaks the concept of strategy consulting down into five organizational areas: group strategy, business unit/divisional strategy, product/market/channel strategy, transaction support,...

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#4
SCORE 8.649
2023 Rank 11

Putnam

Putnam, an Inizio Advisory company, is a leading scientific and strategic consulting partner that helps the global life science community make confident decisions, build value, and bring life-changing innovations to clinicians and patients. For...

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#5
SCORE 8.591
2023 Rank 7

Kenway Consulting

Kenway exists to help companies that need help. More importantly, Kenway wants to provide help to people at those companies who want it. The firm operates in the nexus between clients’ technology and business organizations—bringing together...

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#6
SCORE 8.476
2023 Rank 19

Arthur D. Little

An acknowledged thought leader in linking strategy, innovation and transformation in technology-intensive and converging industries, Arthur D. Little helps clients navigate changing business ecosystems to uncover new growth opportunities; in so...

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#7
SCORE 8.373
2023 Rank 5

Boston Consulting Group

With 22,000 employees in more than 90 offices in more than 50 countries and regions, Boston Consulting Group ranks as one of America's largest private companies, according to Forbes. The firm partners with leaders in business and society to help...

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#8
SCORE 8.303
2023 Not Ranked

Kepler Cannon

The firm was established in 2013 after its founders decided to leave their respective employers and create a new consulting shop that aligned with their shared values. The company’s name is a combination of the names of two famous astronomers:...

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#9
SCORE 8.252
2023 Rank 8

Kearney

Kearney is a leading global management consulting firm with more than 5,700 people working in more than 40 countries. Kearney has been trusted advisors to the world’s foremost organizations for almost a century and continues to live by the...

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#10
SCORE 8.250
2023 Not Ranked

Coherent Economics, LLC

Coherent Economics is an economic consulting firm that aims to deliver data-driven insights and strategic guidance to businesses, policymakers, and legal professionals. Its clients include such prestigious law firms as Wachtell Lipton, Kirkland...

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