McKinsey & Company Reviews

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

Pros – World class training, amazing colleagues, amazing chances to have real impact at some genuinely spectacular clients

Cons – Long hours that you have to carefully manage; atmosphere of 'I can always do more' that can be demoralizing

Advice to Senior Management – The West Coast office will be the first to break down fear as a motivator, and we can lead the world in this

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at McKinsey & Company full-time

Pros – High impact work, a lot of responsibility working with pretty senior people in Fortune 500 companies. Hotels, points, per diems, happy hours are really cool

Cons – Quick promotional schedule leads to a cutthroat environment

Advice to Senior Management – Do a better job of assessing fit for particular roles on studies

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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

Pros – Interesting topics, smart colleagues, focus on professional development, Michelin dinners, lots of points

Cons – Lots of time away from home, company moving away from CEO as it becomes more operationally focused in order to grow, low salaries at junior level

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at McKinsey & Company full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great people, culture, value and corporate structure

Cons – Work-life balance not always ideal

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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

Pros – Awesome place to work! Everyone is really great to work with! Free catered lunch EVERY Friday and something new to learn EVERY day!
Great pay and AMAZING benefits!!

Cons – Not a lot of time to interact with your co-workers and most work is done on your own.

Advice to Senior Management – Try to schedule more team meetings or team outings. Would be great if we could have a more TEAM atmosphere.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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

Pros – Great people, all of your colleagues are impressive. Huge learning curve, always constantly learning something new. Lots of autonomy, if you are in good standing there is lots of flexibility to pursue your passions in industry, business function or even geography

Cons – Lifestyle. Long hours, hard to maintain lifestyle outside of work.

Advice to Senior Management – Scope the projects definitively so you are not killing your teams.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at McKinsey & Company full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Develops analytical frameworks and networks which remain valuable for life. I learnt more at McKinsey about thinking that at any job in my career. The company conducts itself with the highest integrity.

Cons – lack of control over time, and stressed out engagement managers who should not take themselves so seriously. NYC office works harder than other offices. But the networking was fantastic

Advice to Senior Management – The most amazing brand. As custodians you need to protect it

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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

Pros – Intellectually challenging work
Fantastic training opportunities
Phenomenal network
Prestiege

Cons – Work life balance can be challenging

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – - Name brand and the apperance to the outside world that you'll be somehow qualified because of your time at McKinsey
- Smart, genuine, nice, and interesting people
- Cares about work life balance as best as they can given the necessary travel, etc
- Money to slosh around for team events and retreats

Cons – - Limited number of people care about personal development
- Stinginess and overall laser focus on profits above all else, including client impact
- Force consultant to specialize without any connectoin to personal interests or desire
- Senior management are disconnected and very hierarchical
- Does not follow many of its written values, which they tout so strongly

Advice to Senior Management – Make your recruiting pitch - that you'll learn, that you'll be able to try out new things, that you'll be able to work with high level executives at clients - match the reality - that you'll learn very little, that you'll be forced to specialize quickly without any word in the process, and that you'll have little access to clients overall.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at McKinsey & Company full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – 70 years and counting at the peak of strategic consulting
World class reputation
Great network across all industries
You get coaching every single week of your life at McKinsey

Cons – Demanding lifestyle, quite a bit of travel

Advice to Senior Management – Not sure

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company