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Why Bain Consultants like to use the phrase; "gives me energy"

Hello everybody,

I have spoken to about 7 Bain consultants and every time I asked about the culture they uniformly say the culture is X or Y and it gives me energy.

Is this some lingo or frequent phrase they use internally at Bain?

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Anonymous B
on Aug 18, 2021

LOL I guess what you need to tell yourself to get through 65-80 hour weeks!

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Ian
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on Aug 18, 2021
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Hi there,

Not sure quite why is matters, but yes, if they say it a lot, then it's a common phrase! Note that phrases/lingo does change across offices/countries.

For example, a common one at BCG is “don't boil the ocean”!

Anonymous C
on Aug 18, 2021

LOL! 

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Florian
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on Aug 19, 2021
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Hey there,

Consulting firms have their own lingo that evolves over time with various phrases. Happens when you spend long hours in the same room ;D

Cheers,

Florian

Pedro
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on Aug 19, 2021
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Not at Bain as a whole, but wouldn't surprise me if such a phrase would become frequent in a particular office.

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on Aug 19, 2021

Sounds like it's just a common phrase used internally in some Bain offices.

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