A.T. Kearney Reviews

Pros

1. Great colleagues
2. Solid client relationships - there will always be a lot of work for the firm despite downturns
3. Work hard and the rewards will follow

Cons

1. Work life balance is skewed
2. Oddball Manager / Principal / Partner who is not easy to work with

Advice to Senior Management

Upward feedback was not taken seriously by leadership at all. Need to realize that the people who work need to be heard too in order to ensure the company has a great working environment.

Pros

Good Projects, down to earth people, collaborative environment

Cons

Long hours, not enough analyst support for associates

Advice to Senior Management

Make sure Associates are not stuck producing 200 slides a week for nothing

Pros

One of the best reasons is Friendly culture without hyper competitive people. Another good thing is their recent focus on work life balance.

Cons

Pretty average sr. management capabilities. Strategy projects are usually handled pretty badly. Accepts projects even if not within their strong area.

Advice to Senior Management

- More focus on retaining good people
- More focus on creating strong ICs for strategy projects
- More focus on creating a structured thought process

Pros

Smart colleagues.
Workplace quality.
Salary in the higher quartile among strategy consulting firms.
Solid training programme deployed across all offices.

Cons

Very little clear feedback given during and after an engagement.
Extremely political consulting firm.
Too much confidence given to managers who will decide on your future in the firm.
Poor international exposure.
Little collaboration with other offices to leverage worldwide presence.

Pros

Diverse experience, Teamwork, High salary

Cons

it is necessary to improve weak knowledge sharing

Advice to Senior Management

improve knowledge base

Pros

As an intern you'll get to develop interpersonal skills, data organizing skills, + more

Cons

Too long working hours, not enough care provided

Advice to Senior Management

N/A

Pros

Kearney is a terrific place to learn. Good people are welcomed and used in roles they can grow and direct themselves. The firm is full of very talented and driven people and the brand is well respected, particularly within supply chain.

Cons

work-life balance isn't high on the agenda and this is a very personality led business. For the best leaders, and there are some terrific ones, read good time - for the worst read frustration, unreasonable expectations, over-selling, under resourcing etc.

Advice to Senior Management

None. The firm's successful.

Pros

There is a good mix of different types of projects : strategy, organizational, operations

Cons

Quality of the different offices is not homogenous. Some offices are very procurement-oriented. The firm is not yet big enough to compete with larger consulting firms.

Advice to Senior Management

Have a longer-term vision of consultant development.
Make teams be proud of the firm.
Inspire and reaffirm the values of the firm

Pros

firm is improving various things internally to make it a better place to work

Cons

we are not bold enough to make big bets on things that could be game changers

Advice to Senior Management

go big or go home

Pros

There is a lot of scope to learn about retail strategy as Kearney is very strong in this area in India.

Cons

Incredible amount of politics that goes on, some senior managers lack integrity, which reflects in their interaction with clients and junior employees. Some lateral hires from L&T are not professional at all, and unfortunately enforce a climate of fear, that prohibits employees from doing their best and encourages them to look at other opportunities.

Advice to Senior Management

Have some feedback processes so that the Kearney employees can communicate information to the partner level without fear of being targeted by senior-mid management.