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Found 8,534 of over 9K reviews
4.4
88% Recommend to a Friend
McKinsey & Company Global Managing Partner Bob Sternfels
91% Approve of CEO

Found 7,900 of over 9K reviews

4.4
88%
Recommend to a Friend
91%
Approve of CEO
McKinsey & Company Global Managing Partner Bob Sternfels
Bob Sternfels
824 Ratings
Pros
  • "Great work life balance & culture(in 118 reviews)

  • "Learn a lot with senior managers(in 107 reviews)

  • Cons
  • "Lifestyle - lots of travel away from home(in 178 reviews)

  • "poor work/life balance; constant pressure to keep up with up or out policy(in 78 reviews)

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    1. 5.0
      Former Employee, more than 3 years

      Amazing place to build a career

      4 Aug 2022 - Engagement Manager in Dublin, Dublin
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great exposure to all trypes and parts of business. Incredible team mates with a focus on development and learning. Unbelievable exit opportunities.

      Cons

      Although project dependant, typically long hours and travel.

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    2. 4.0
      Former Employee

      Management Logistics

      19 Nov 2022 - Logistics Manager 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Job task simplicity is a pro.

      Cons

      Work-life balance is a con.

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    4. 4.0
      Former Employee

      Part-time consulting intern

      6 Nov 2022 - Consulting Intern 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      compensation and benefits, looks good on resume

      Cons

      terrible work-life balance, pressure, fear of failure

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    5. 4.0
      Current Employee

      engagement manager

      15 Aug 2022 - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      fast career, real problems, good people

      Cons

      no life, loads of travel, difficult to have a family

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    6. 5.0
      Former Employee, less than 1 year

      Advanced Analytics in consulting

      21 May 2022 - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommend
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      Pros

      1. Various business exposure 2. A company with a great reputation 3. Interesting clients with completely different problems to tackle

      Cons

      1. Big hours 2. less technical tasks 3. Rare advanced cases, most common cases are simple analytics

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    7. 5.0
      Former Employee

      best company

      11 Feb 2022 - Analyst 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      good money for the work

      Cons

      no cons exists for this company

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    8. 5.0
      Former Employee, more than 1 year

      Presentation analyst

      18 Aug 2021 - Visual Analyst 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Finest people, Amazing place to work

      Cons

      Politics in the Indian firms and Manager’s attitude

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    9. 5.0
      Former Employee

      Mck Knowledge centre

      2 Apr 2021 - Researcher 
      Recommend
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      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great learning experience working across multiple industries

      Cons

      long hours, high stress environment

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    10. 3.0
      Former Employee

      Not sustainable

      8 Sep 2016 - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great experience workig with bright people on fascinating engagements. We had good choice over engagements to work on and unparalleled learning opportunities

      Cons

      McKinsey is survival of the fitest. Those who progress are not always the best or most inspirational but those who are willing to consistently work 80 hours a week at the sacrifice of family time. Office barometers are based off an average week of 65 hours (in reality 75 for most junior folk) where anything less is celebrated. This is not a healthy norm and this is the price (along with travel) that you pay for the experience

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    11. 5.0
      Former Employee

      Fantastic people and interesting work

      25 Jul 2019 - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
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      Pros

      Work with some of the most interesting and ambitious people around. Interesting problems with (predominantly) interesting clients.

      Cons

      Long hours are a given, and they increase in direct proportion to your tenure.

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