Egon Zehnder Reviews
Updated Jan 17, 2021
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Pros
"Good organizational Envoirement, Benefits, Work life balance" (in 26 reviews)
"Flexible work environment and great mentorships" (in 15 reviews)
Cons
"Work/life balance was tough to maintain" (in 15 reviews)
"No growth for research, rude entitled consultants - not all of them are but there were some whom I've worked with which had ego issues" (in 12 reviews)
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"Consultant"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Approves of CEOI have been working at Egon Zehnder for more than a year
Pros
Energizing, collaborative, fund, exciting, interesting, generous
Cons
None, none, none, none, no one
Pros
People and culture. Learning and development
Cons
People and culture. Inconsistent teams.
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"A place to learn how to be a great EA"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Egon Zehnder full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
My Office Manager (direct report) was always happy to help with any little question I had. The rest of the EA team was also helpful when they had time, and gave great advice on how best to communicate with clients. I felt like I was part of a really great team. The consultants I assisted treated me with respect.
Cons
I ended up leaving because I realized there was no where for me to go upward. Once an EA, always an EA here. When I was there, the EA team was short staffed, so I had to assist 2-3 consultants at a time with no pay raise or bonus. Though they promised to bring on more EAs, they never did before I left. Work/life balance was tough to maintain. Missing a day being sick or traveling was difficult to come back from because the inbox would be nuts! The company takes on anyone who can afford them, including oil and tobacco companies. This was a big con for me.
Continue reading "Great firm."
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Egon Zehnder full-time for more than a year
Pros
Good pay. Friendly people. Great office. Good culture
Cons
No cons an awesome first job!
- Helpful (1)
"My Experience Was Okay"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Egon Zehnder full-time for more than a year
Pros
Opportunity to become involved in projects - heavily Impressive portfolio of clients
Cons
Work life balance is not the best People are underpaid for their roles Not the most inclusive environment
Continue reading "Great company to work for"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Egon Zehnder full-time for more than a year
Pros
Collaborative, Friendly people. Benefits are great
Cons
No clear growth path for EAs,
- Helpful (5)
"Great place for a career EA"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Egon Zehnder full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
- Excellent onboarding program and internal support for new hires. - It's usually a 1:1 relationship with consultants. - The structure is reasonably flat and people in the Chicago office are treated with respect. Most seem to genuinely get along and enjoy one another's company. - The comp is good, benefits are excellent, and work-life balance is a real thing for EAs, provided you're effective at your job and reasonable about setting limits--though not everyone is. - This is not a traditional admin job where you can get by with just calendaring, answering the phone, etc. The work is fast paced and requires a lot of project management and relationship building. - There's usually an opportunity to build a real partnership with your consultant if you have the desire to do so. - Researchers tend to be younger and work their butts off. Consultants are all former execs or strategy consultants, most with advanced degrees. EAs tend towards the more senior level, but there's a range. These three groups work as a team to manage searches and assessment projects. - It's a diverse group in terms of gender, race, outlook, etc.
Cons
- For EAs, there's not a clear path into research, and essentially no path into consulting (see description of consultants above). It's not that EAs can't become researchers (I personally know a few who have), but you have to make your intention known, demonstrate your abilities, set stretch goals for yourself, and build internal demand. This is not really a "con" for me, as I prefer the work-life balance of being an EA, but some people might find it limiting. - There are big differences between offices in terms of culture and employee satisfaction, which is one of the consequences of the flat structure.
Continue reading - Helpful (2)
"Very good place to work in if your career path is recruitment or HR"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at Egon Zehnder full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Have the chance to work with top tier world leaders and learn from their work methodology and way of thinking. Some consultants (esp. the younger ones) are high-caliber profiles but still very open-minded when communicating with you. Constantly updated with how the industry is evolving.
Cons
In the end, it is a corporate and you will need to act in a way that is obedient or in favor of the boss. Local offices can be mono-culture. No space for creativity or business sassiness because there is no KPI. Very (or sometimes, solely) focused on blue-chip profiles, this reflects on both their internal candidate selection as well as candidate selection for clients, where everyone comes from the top universities or McKinsey (they really love McKinsey). At least in my office, anyone who has an alternative view/thinking can feel tongue-tied. As an example, some of the consultants still believe the core quality that every corporate is looking for can be measured by a simple IQ test.
- Helpful (18)
"Not a typical EA position"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendApproves of CEOI have been working at Egon Zehnder full-time
Pros
Nice offices, good benefits, stocked kitchen
Cons
They work their EA’s to death! There is no work life balance. Taking a day off feels more like a punishment because when you return you will be swamped with emails and work.
Continue reading - Helpful (7)
"Terrible Work Experience - Do Not Pursue"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Egon Zehnder full-time for more than a year
Pros
The Chicago office is nice and at a very centrally located. Some practice groups are better than others.
Cons
There is no room for true career growth on the research team, from the ID team all the way to the associate and principal level. If you are considering a job here on the research team, I strongly urge you to reconsider and apply to a Spencer Stuart or Deloitte if you're really considering consulting. It is not a good environment and very hard to transfer your work experience (making powerpoints all day) to another job or company. No commitment to diversity at all. Really obvious when you look around the room and it is a miracle we have not been sued yet. Several researchers in all the offices have been "let go" or fired - usually women or people of color because they weren’t properly mentored, onboarded, or weren't a part of certain cliques.
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