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"Great work life balance & culture" (in 118 reviews)
"Learn a lot with senior managers" (in 107 reviews)
"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)
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Amazing place to build a career
4 Aug 2022 - Engagement Manager in Dublin, DublinRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
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.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Job task simplicity is a pro.
Cons
Work-life balance is a con.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
compensation and benefits, looks good on resume
Cons
terrible work-life balance, pressure, fear of failure
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
fast career, real problems, good people
Cons
no life, loads of travel, difficult to have a family
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Advanced Analytics in consulting
21 May 2022 - Anonymous EmployeeRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
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
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
good money for the work
Cons
no cons exists for this company
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Finest people, Amazing place to work
Cons
Politics in the Indian firms and Manager’s attitude
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great learning experience working across multiple industries
Cons
long hours, high stress environment
- Former Employee★★★★★
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
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Fantastic people and interesting work
25 Jul 2019 - Anonymous EmployeeRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
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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McKinsey & Company has an overall rating of 4.4 out of 5, based on over 9,366 reviews left anonymously by employees. 88% of employees would recommend working at McKinsey & Company to a friend and 82% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.