McKinsey & Company Reviews in Florham Park, NJ

Current Employee – been working at McKinsey & Company full-time for less than a year

Pros – Great experience, processes and approach to problem solving is exemplary.
Very smart people, professional...not a-holes to each other.

Cons – Not clear to me yet that the work is necessarily any better than specialized consultancies. What's different is that it's managed well, delivered to senior management and hence potentially more impactful.
Unstructured to a fault...chaotic way of getting things done...even people who have worked here for years have a hard time explaining which group does what.
Work life balance is poor, but that is accepted as the way it is.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at McKinsey & Company

Pros – Gain experience working on the inside of the worlds biggest companies, become an efficient decision maker, surround yourself with smart colleagues, and leave as a powerpoint ninja.

Cons – Long hours, incessant travel, and high pressure are all downsides you might expect from the consulting industry. A bigger downside is that for all of McKinsey's talk of innovation, the firm has a notably monolithic and conservative culture; out of the box thinking is generally not encouraged or rewarded.

Advice to Senior Management – The firm should place greater emphasis on measuring client impact, and on understanding and fostering innovation within the firm.

Current Employee – been working at McKinsey & Company

Pros – Incredible training opportunities, wide-based exposure, best-of-the-best respect/efficiency/thinking, ability to be around very smart and driven people constantly trying to improve, exposure to best in new thinking on a variety of topics, access to reams of data and past analysis which lets you very quickly jump into something, access to experts with diverse and deep experience on almost every topic, will make you an amazing strategic thinker who can consider almost every possible nook and cranny

Cons – Work-life balance is terrible, sometimes they feel the need to do every single possible analysis when it's just not necessary (time wasting), not common to be told "good job" so you must get used to always killing yourself and always being stressed with little return except for the resume and potential promotion

Advice to Senior Management – Partners often push for more analyses than necessary, very hard to maintain relationships with constant new staffing (partners need to try to maintain relationships better), place could become a bit more "human" for example people greeting each other in the hallway

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at McKinsey & Company

Pros – Impact-- The impact of the work done by the firm is tremendous from turning around poorly performing businesses to developing strategies for new situations.
Broad mix of industries and geographies--Many fortune 500 companies, mid-size companies, governments, public organizations
The people-- really smart, motivated and collaborative,
 meritocratic culture-- age and experience is no bar to rise on the job,
great opportunity to learn about business-- exposure to really senior management at a relatively young age. Where else would you get a chance to understand the makeup of senior leadership and understand the DNA of leading companies
 perks-- trips and events to boost connectivity are fun and really thought out,
opportunities to learn-- many classes available on professional development-- content, leadership and other. Non-MBA's get a mini-MBA training. There is also a Leadership workshop after finishing a year at the firm.
entrepreneurial spirit-- one can do whatever one chooses to do, any industry, or functional area.

Cons – Lifestyle could get intense for family

Advice to Senior Management – None

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend