Kearney reviews

- Simply put, the firm's outlook is horrible. Its hiring strategy in 2009 indicates that the firm is way off-base when it comes to establishing workforce targets and effectively projecting workloads over the next year. - Workload is brutal (~70+ hours), and the client locations aren't much to shake a stick at (want to spend a summer in central Kentucky?) - "Global firm" model means that you could be travelling across the street for a client or across the country on a red-eye; lots of variability - Virtually zero strategy work; it's all sourcing, cost reduction, and IT work at this point - Creativity is simply not valued. A lot of ATK's intellectual capital (which is fantastic) is almost used as a crutch in client engagements - Establishing a positive rapport with the client is frowned upon - Review processes are opaque

The company lacks direction, leadership, and morals. Junior staff are consistently worked 14-16 hour days out of fear of waves at will firing with no improvement plans or warning, not based on performance but on political and tribal connections. It starts from the top with partners only looking out for their own self interest and acting immorally (internally sharing confidential competitor information and demanding junior staff to claim days worked as sick days to improve project budgets). Needless to say this seeps into the broader culture of the firm with analysts starting to think that this behavior is normal and “just how it’s done.” There is no sense of community, coaching, or comradery, everyone is simply looking out for themselves. Staffing is entirely unempowered and work depends entirely on social and political connections to partners. Do not put your career at stake by coming here.