Chicago office leadership incompetent - Manager Simon-Kucher Employee Review

1.0
Oct 15, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

The Consultant team is great, very friendly and eager to learn and grow

Cons

Low diversity, Chicago team was setup without much planning, leadership was promoted quickly and have very little management experience. The company is experiencing significant churn, lot of dissatisfaction within the firm, lots of good consultants and managers have left. Chicago Office is struggling to recruit internally and is looking outside. Internal team well aware of bad management here. The firm claims to be entrepreneurial but it’s an excuse for not being organized. Still Touting digitization strategies from the early 2000s. Is trying to control attrition through meaningless changes like annual bonus vs. half year, etc. has no interest in making the workplace more desirable to work in.

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5.0
Jul 14, 2026
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Pros

High growth opportunity from excellent standards for work, including strong commercial excellence recommendations with justifiable processes. Have had many great moments with teams who care about delivering good work.

Cons

Fluctuating and often unpredictable work hours, but personal impact can be mitigated with some planning.

4.0
Jul 12, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Firm is growing and solid client exposure

Cons

Faster they grow, the more you start working. Starting to erode Work Life Balance

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