McKinsey & Company Reviews

Pros

Prestige of the Firm
Launch pad for your career
No back-office tasks even at junior levels
Very smart people
First-in-class
Normally you do not work at week-ends

Cons

Low salary
Very low salary
Very very low bonus
Your hourly rate will be even worse than in IB
"Normally" you do not work at week-ends

Advice to Senior Management

Offering higher wages may attract even more high-flying profiles. Money is not the only incentive, but at some point it may become a negative one!

Pros

1. Supportive management (work/life balance)
2. Excellent professional skills development program

Cons

Compensation has not improved in the last 3 years

Advice to Senior Management

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Pros

High level of responsibility and client exposure

Cons

Long hours, lots of commitment

Pros

Great pay, opportunity to travel, creating impact, looks good on resume, etc

Cons

Life-work balance, pressure, lots of stress, excessive traveling, etc

Advice to Senior Management

Do not work that hard unless is really necessary

Pros

- Most capable poeople you can find
- truly remarkable projects (changing the futures of large organizations)
- Lots of opportunities coming out of MckInsey
- Extreme focus on personal growth & development

Cons

- Hard to stand out
- Very challenging to balance work/life: travel, hard hours

Pros

good brand for corporate staretgy roles. but academic work with limited P&L exits

Cons

pre-MBA brand. post-mba questionable. turning into a sweatshop. chunky top pf pyramid and accenture like projects.

Pros

good company salaries and work enviroment

Cons

difficult get on well with some stubborn people

Pros

To learn at a really fast path

Cons

Lifestyle is often not sustainable, they don't really care on your personal situation

Advice to Senior Management

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Pros

1. good working environment
2. professional peers
3. Abundant learning resources
4. Interesting work to do as long as one seeks the opportunities

Cons

1. work-life balance requires extra efforts
2. pay is not competitive as it used to be

Pros

Growth. Brand. Leadership. Variety. Compensation

Cons

Lifestyle. Stress. Travel. Weekend work