McKinsey & Company Reviews in New York City, NY Area

Pros

Very smart people, great culture,

Cons

Not great for people with a lot of experience

Advice to Senior Management

Please develop a program to groom experienced hires

Pros

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Cons

Difficult to grow in company generally

Advice to Senior Management

Invest in individuals

Pros

High level of responsibility and client exposure

Cons

Long hours, lots of commitment

Pros

Opportunity to work on exciting, high impact projects with teams of intelligent and interesting people while having a relatively high compensation.

Cons

Occasional long hours, lots of traveling, intensive work environment, high intellectual demand, frequent 360 reviews (although this can be good or bad)

Advice to Senior Management

Need to create assessment criteria for values during hiring and evaluation of current employees to avoid incidents like Galleon in the future.

Pros

Fast-paced, impactful & challenging work
Great visibility to clients and senior leadership
Strong brand name & great compensation/benefits

Cons

Lack of mentors within the Firm
Highly stressful work that can be taken very personally if you allow it to
No true role models in a well-rounded sense who are able to balance a great career with happy family life

Advice to Senior Management

Genuinely reach out and care for your teams

Pros

- challenging assignments
- work that makes an impact
- great benefits

Cons

- long hours
- crazy hours

Advice to Senior Management

- hours are crazy but senior management also lives it and leads by example - that means a lot

Pros

Challenging work environment where you're surrounded by smart, motivated people and working on issues that are redefining companies and industries. As a research analyst, you get to see how different companies are facing similar challenges. You get a unique perspective on the industry.

Cons

The company has an always-on, type-A culture. The line between work and life is blurred because for many of your colleagues, they are one and the same thing.

Pros

Amazingly smart, capable co-workers
Intense focus on delivering results
Culture of cooperation and helping each other succeed
Opportunity to gain experience very quickly in many areas

Cons

Real focus of the firm is on building relationships with clients and selling more projects
Most projects are on very un-inspiring problems like setting prices or managing call centers
Generally don't feel like you're making the world a better place, and sometimes are finding profitable ways to make it worse

Advice to Senior Management

Drive for expansion and growth has led to taking on more and more projects, and developing relationships with more and more clients. This means less ability to pick and choose the opportunities where the firm can make an important contribution. Consider more focus, and less growth

Pros

- Amazing coaching and feedback not just from your DGL and managers but also from peers and analysts
- Smartest group of people I have ever worked with
- Incredible array of exit opportunities

Cons

- Sometimes lifestryle can be tough, but life outside would not be that different

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up

Pros

Super people, interesting projects and great clients

Cons

Long hours and lots of travel

Advice to Senior Management

Keep salaries commensurate with talent