Korn/Ferry Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Korn/Ferry full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – You can spend a lot of money for NOTHING

Cons – It's all just a dog and pony show. Smaller search frims offer better service, results and much better pricing

Advice to Senior Management – Get back to basics. The Barbie Dolls in New York are MONSTERS. The Devil wears Prada?

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Korn/Ferry

Pros – A good brand name company.

Cons – You are worked like a dog, and treated like one too.

Advice to Senior Management – The days of $100K searches, except for very select positions, will be MUCH harder to come by in the future.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Korn/Ferry

Pros – If you don't know anything about the search business, this is a good place to get a working knowledge. You get exposed to the best tools in the search business.

Cons – Total lack of leadership from the top. The CEO is purely a Wall Street leader with absolutely no understanding of what it's like to be one of his own Partners. The practice leadership group is a political snake-pit. The management committee has been the same for a decade. They change compensation plans mid-year, with absolutely no explanation to their Partners and pay them the least amount they think they can get away with. The compensation drops every year. Because they operate on a zero cost per-partner basis, they end up taking compensation away from profitable, high-performing partners to pay for employees who are under-performers that are part of the political hierarchy. There are several people who work at the firm where no one understands what they do. Their non-search businesses loose money every year and they treat the search partners who provide all the profit like garbage. The most politically charged consulting organization in the world. You spend 40% of your time serving clients and 60% of your time watching your back. This is a culture bred by its leaders.

Advice to Senior Management – Terminate those who are not performing. Pay your over-achievers at an industry-competitive level. Make leadership rotational. Get rid of the businesses that are loosing money. Take out the political animals who are not adding any value to the bottom-line.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend