Cornerstone Research Reviews

Pros

Great collegial work environment, lots of nice people. Good career development and mentorship. Transparent compensation, everyone in the same year is paid the same.

Cons

Long and often erratic hours. Sometimes work for less than ethical clients. Associates are often fresh out of PhD, and have limited management skills.

Pros

Lots of responsibility early, good experience working with data, opportunity to work on high-profile matters.

Cons

Sometimes inefficiently hierarchical, work is occasionally too focused on style over substance.

Pros

- Brand name consulting firm with great exit ops for law/b school and tech/data analytics jobs - Your next job/academic endeavor likely will not be as taxing

Cons

- Extremely volatile hours - Work experience varies heavily by case. If you are staffed on a long term case, deadlines are more spread out, allowing for the team to expose you to a multitude of aspects of your job - If you are staffed on a case with many short term deadlines, it is truly sink or swim. If you sink, the likelihood of interesting/analytical work in the future drops. They will staff you where they know you can perform, which at worst will be some kind of doc review. - Moreover, the firm will not invest in your development outside of how it is profitable to them. They do make allowances for time to study for the LSAT, but think about who their clients are.

Pros

smart and nice people some work is repetitive, but definitely more intelletually challenging than most jobs fresh out of undergrad

Cons

hours are lumpy depending on staffing and case assignment. some people are much more busier than others.