The worst mistake of my life! - Anonymous employee Kearney Employee Review

2.0
Nov 24, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pros · Close proximity to the metro station · Low to practically no work · Good office food · Some good looking consultants are working on the upper floor

Cons

ons · No unity among the so-called managers. They internally hate each other and plot against each other. Their sole objective is to create faults in each other’s work (not that they do work in the first place). There are lousy 2 hr meetings on things such as food menus during “fun Fridays”, rubbish initiatives which have zero productivity. · This is only a place for boot lickers. There are several managers who recommend employees for promotion on the basis of their ability to entertain the managers during meals, praise them on their ridiculous inexistent weight loss achievements, praise them and sing songs of how wonderful they are looking each morning (although they don’t look great at all), forcibly ask about their children and listen to hours of boring stories instead of doing billable work · This place is not meant for go-getters or anyone having any ambition in life. It’s meant for those who glorify mediocrity, ignorance, and dismay. There are practically no travel opportunities. And what’s the most painful is the quality of work. I spent 4 years of my life doing only google search. There is no earthly connection with any sort of brain work. I have felt that my IQ has eroded over the years and now I take time to calculate 12 times 5. · 27 people left AT Kearney in one year, while the strength was 65! That is how bad things are. All that the managers and co-leads care about is how the poor glassdoor reviews will reflect in front of their European boss. · MY ADVICE TO ANYONE CONSIDERING THIS FIRM: DON’T!!!!!! RUN!!! Run as far as you can before you knowingly wreck your life. This place was once a wonderland with the former Director in place. After his untimely departure from the firm, this place has become fraught with evil, pathetic mis-management, and has become a grave for all talent in the industry. Becoming a house wife or selling vegetables on the road will be better. · Earlier to used to hire talent from top colleges such as CBS and North Campus. Now they go to rubbish colleges that have no academic standing, and recruit in heards. My advice – Just do not even think about it! Try any other firm.

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Cons

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Cons

- Lack of pipeline for certain practices (and they will blame that on you saying your utilization is low but there’s nothing you can do at an associate level) - Full of people that feel good about themselves but they actually knows nothing about how actual industry work - No talent - Management will give you vague feedback that you can’t act on, For example, I got asked to “elevate the deck” but when I asked is it the messaging or is it the format etc they can’t give me anything specific - The expectation on work quality is inconsistent - Some manager level people can’t do excel which is shocking - You need to be a people pleaser in order to get promoted

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