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      Kearney reviews

      3.9

      67% would recommend to a friend

      (2,220 total reviews)
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      Bob Willen

      60% approve of CEO

      48% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Senior management

      2.6

      Work/Life balance

      Kearney has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,220 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kearney employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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      2K reviews
      3.0
      Sep 25, 2017

      Interesting work if you are staffed otherwise you'll be burning the midnight oil on endless proposals

      Senior associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Bright and ambitious colleagues -Great firm to develop your skills -Good variety of practices/specialty areas (i.e. PE) -Excellent mentorship program -Global staffing model if you want to go to UAE, Australia, etc.

      Cons

      -Newly introduced aggressive Up or Out model pushes out those who are not staffed on the right projects or have a partner who would throw them a utilization bone -Corrupt Utilization tracking system: Does not track actual hours worked (40 hours max, which NOBODY at this firm works 40 hours) and some partners give billing codes to select favored consultants so they are "blocked" from staffing and really sit idle while you hustle on proposals that do not have any positive utilization impact -High burn proposal work (most of the time it's a shot in the dark so your efforts will go un-noticed for the most part) -Limited firm expertise/growth areas -Many leaving the firm in droves due to frustration/leadership -Promotions really are luck of the draw and as someone else said, could be a sign of sexist leadership... -Mandatory firm building/recruiting/IC creation/etc at the expense of your work/life balance -Staffing doesn't really look out to match opportunities to best suited consultants -Bonus is discretionary so don't believe HR when they tell you a minimum range

      2.0
      Oct 2, 2017

      Principal

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You learn a lot and it changes you as a person but it comes at a big expense of personal life. Lot of people say that ATK dose too much of procurement but still you will learn a lot about the category that you are sourcing so you will always be learning. Also if you are aligned to an account, you will likely progress very fast as you will have good utilization and a network of Partners

      Cons

      It is a show off culture where working until 2am is expected and appreciated. Consultants will hold on to sending emails after midnight to show their Partners that they were working late even though deliverables may have been ready earlier in the day. I understand that there will be projects that will be high burn but you just do not have to make every project very stressful - particularly by having endless reviews of the decks. Most of the Partners and Principals are always frustrated and will take it out on you. Worst is taking out on your right after a workshop when you were working 20 hours a day to prepare. There is absolutely no concept of work life balance. So if you are young, join the firm otherwise don't even think about it. On top of all this firm messed up their bonus structure in 2014 leading to loosing its best consultants to McK, BCG, Accenture and EY.

      2.0
      Dec 10, 2018

      Marketing Manger

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      --Limitless opportunities for marketers at every level to have their work put into the marketplace unencumbered by filters or editorial/strategic review. --Mostly predictable 9-5 work unless you're a coordinator having to work slavishly on events that have ill-defined strategic direction and/or ROI.

      Cons

      --See above about getting work into marketplace unencumbered by filters. --A vaseline-lens marketing culture led by a narcisstic CMO who propogates toxicity marked by undermining through backchannel means, bias based upon perceived threats to her authority, and excessive and unchecked spending on "me" investments with zero demonstrable value. --Too much upstream hand waving and posturing for the sole benefit of the CMO, but not the firm. --CMO's leadership is directionless both up and downstream, but especially latter. --No transparency into budget which is used as a slush fund for CMO to spend at-will and unchecked.

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      Kearney Response
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      We are disappointed to hear the way you feel about our firm. A.T. Kearney has diligent processes in place to audit, review and respond appropriately to potential issues raised, including fiscal management, via formal channels or our confidential Ombudsman Program. We are proud of having maintained high standards throughout the 90 plus years we have been in business, with a transparent, collaborative and conscientious culture across the firm. We are committed to supporting all our employees and providing a positive and inclusive work environment.
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