Bain London Benefits

CO

3mo

Nothing incredible, but definitely nice-to-haves:

Expensed dinner when working late
Expensed taxi home when working late
Virgin Active subsidy / discount (I think, never used this one)
- Also on-site gym / shower, physio, doctor, nutritionist, wellness coach, lifestyle services
Bunch of healthcare stuff
- Child care vouchers / Emergency child care
- Dental cover
- Life assurance
- 52-week Mat & Pat leave
- Private medical insurance
Flex options
- Office transfers (mostly paused at the moment, until we recover)
- MBA sponsorship
- Externships
- Various LOA options
Others (e.g. Phone)

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Anonymous

2mo

on the reocvery side of things, what is general sentiment like? is the bench as crazy it was a year or so ago?

DrApeman

CO

2mo

Hmm difficult to say accurately due to several factors (I know it sounds like a cop out, but it is genuinely true, as we did a lot of internal adjustments to manage a weaker pipeline).

If I had to say on an absolute scale, we're still probably a little weaker in than we'd like in our pipeline. So, the bench is thicker than we'd like it to be, certainly.

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Anonymous

2mo

i appreciate it, has grad / AC intake been impacted as a result? looking to apply and a bit worried tbh

DrApeman

CO

2mo

[Edit: removed 2020]

In the past year, yes. We've had a rather small 2023 intake vs 2021-22.

No idea what 2024 will be like, but I would wager that we're now looking at 2025 intakes (so applications reopening in Sept. '24) for ACs.

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Anonymous

2mo

sorry i dont understand - you're saying 2025 intakes (those who apply in sept 2024) should go back to 2020-2022 numbers?

and damn im aware places like bain take on 20-30 people a year only, so I do not even wanna know what 2023 intake was like

btw im asking about pre-MBA (so <2 years exp, graudated from UG, PhD level etc)

DrApeman

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2mo

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[Edit: removed 2020]

Let me clarify my comments then, if it helps:

My comment on intakes / cohort sizes is meant to say that in 2023, we had fewer people start as ACs than in 2021 / 2022
As for 2025, I do not know whether our cohort sizes will return to the peaks of 2021-2022, as it will be driven by many factors (macroeconomy, attrition rates, promotion cycles, etc.)
As for 2024, I only said that I would be inclined to believe that we have likely filled up our upcoming cohorts with offers made to candidates last year. However, I am not in the recruiting team, so I don't know that for certain. In addition, it could hypothetically be the case that 2024 turns out to be a great year for us, and we suddenly need to hire more people, in which case we'd need to do some experienced hire recruiting in Q2/Q3. Is this likely? Hmm probably not, but it is always a possibility

I can't recall our 2023 AC intakes, but it was small over the whole year, <30 definitely (vs. 50+ in 2022 for example). And yes, this is indeed only for (S)AC roles.

We are a lot bigger now than we were 4-5 years ago, so our AC classes actually need to grow too, however it's a little soon to know what that number will turn out to be.

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2mo

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