Nightmare | worst place to start your career - Senior Business Analyst Kearney Employee Review

1.0
May 6, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

All pros have now disappeared after covid. No pros of consulting exist anymore. Firm is exceptionally slow to adapt to changes and does not value employee wellbeing either.

Cons

Extremely long working hours (70-80 hour weeks) Work on weekends (Almost every weekend barring a few) Very limited exits to industry even after 2-3 years Inconsiderate project management and principals Keep understaffing consultants on projects and burning them out Outdated work knowledge Extremely long tenures on a single project (9-12 months on same project, not typical in consulting at all) Extremely high attrition since partners and principals do not listen to consultants when they voice their concerns but pretend to care during annual surveys and upward feedbacks

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5.0
May 21, 2026
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Pros

Amazing culture and talent that truly embraces forward looking

Cons

Travel but that’s common for the industry

1.0
Apr 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

If you’re fresh out of school and don’t have a specific skill and don’t know what to do, and you’re willing to be a yes man then yes it might be a good place to figure out your next step.

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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