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Analysis Group is a great place for freshly minted econ college grads to start their career. You learn a ton as an analyst, and you generally work with extremely talented and thoughtful colleagues and management. There's a collaborative culture that is unique to AG. That being said, you're paid pretty low considering the number of hours you work and the on-call nature of the job, and the type of complex analysis and drafting that's expected of you. In addition, there's no way you can advance to the associate level without a graduate degree, which means some capable senior analysts who want to advance within AG spend a couple of years underpaid compared to industry standards. That being said, I would definitely recommend working at AG to my friends and people I know.

AG (Analysis Group) was a great employer experience. 
Depending on case work levels, it could be feast-or-famine so I found work to do. The best part of the job were the people: there was always a sense of thankfulness for the work performed. I learned to be a team player. The culture at Analysis Group was phenomenal. 
The hardest and equally enjoyable parts of work were the hours and managing the requests of counsel as well as the knowledge that you accomplished something when you left the building regardless of the time on your phone.

Overall, Analysis Group is an interesting environment. You work on a lot of interesting cases that present unique problems, and you get to work on these cases with some great, very intelligent individuals. 

However, the nature of the work is very volatile and results in many late nights and often weekend work. 

If you find the work rewarding and engaging enough, this is not a problem as you are compensated well. However, if you desire to have more free-time to yourself I would suggest looking for other jobs.

The company's excellent reputation for quality analyses is based on a culture of perfectionism. The atmosphere is collegial and friendly, but intense. Workload and expectations are very high, and deadlines are tight and often inflexible. The desire to avoid hierarchy means that everyone has an opinion and many stakeholders weigh in before decisions are made, so change comes slowly. Company culture is cautious about trying new ways of doing things. Compensation, bonuses, and benefits are excellent, as are employee appreciation events.

Analysis Group's work relies heavily on rigorous quantitative analysis, resulting in a steep learning curve for new analysts.  However, once basic analytical skills are mastered, there is an opportunity to assume significant responsibility on case teams and gain wide industry exposure.  Managers also tend to invest in the career development of analysts.  Due to the opportunity for rapid skill development and the supportive culture, Analysis Group is a great place to begin one's career.

The business model (charging clients hourly) and the unpredictable demands of clients make it impossible to have work-life balance. If you're in econ consulting, AG is one of the best places to work, but the industry as a whole is toxic and most higher-ups at the company have only ever worked somewhere like this. Most people leave for better jobs because you're able to get necessary skills/experience, but they're burned out and thrilled to be leaving.

Managers vary a lot in how they approach work, and how much they respect your time. Two people can have vastly different experiences depending on what cases they are staffed on. After the initial settling in, you get some say in what cases to work for and you can make the experience better for yourself. Long hours are expected, and be okay with cancelling your personal plans last-minute.
Work is fairly interesting though, as long as you know how to say no to auditing requests.

Overall it’s a good place to start for young professional. You can get exposed to all kinds of case and work with really knowledgeable coworker. The downside is poor work life balance and micromanagement. The senior management did not do a good job in setting boundary and made promise or tight timeline to the client without checking with the analysts. That can lead to stressful last minute request and unnecessary overwork. 

If you want to work in in an environment where you have mentors and make life long friends, where you feel valued and get to have as much fun as you do work hard, this is the place for you.

Pros: Good training in Stata, SAS; interesting casework, smart and supportive colleagues
Cons: Unstructured internal labor market, work-life balance can be challenging at times depending on the case

Overall, Analysis Group is a good place to start your career if you are interested in working with data and are an analytically-minded individual.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Analyst 14 salaries reported	$97,321 per year
Senior analyst 30 salaries reported	$114,283 per year
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Manager 3 salaries reported	$239,000 per year
Executive assistant 4 salaries reported	$105,000 per year

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