Poor WL, good place to get a step into the consulting industry especially if you are interested in procurement - Anonymous employee Kearney Employee Review

2.0
Jun 15, 2010
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- As a first step into consulting - If you are interested in procurement, this is the best consulting firm in the area - most of the big work is related to procurement and that includes work done by management consultants and not just the Procurement Solutions team

Cons

- Your career depends on which senior manager you align with and sometimes you don't have a choice due to your previous background - Poor work life balance; 80+ hours a week is the norm and main reason could be because no one has much knowledge about the project that has been sold and are scrambling to learn and do things at the same time given short project timelines

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

If you’re fresh out of school and don’t have a specific skill and don’t know what to do, and you’re willing to be a yes man then yes it might be a good place to figure out your next step.

Cons

- Lack of pipeline for certain practices (and they will blame that on you saying your utilization is low but there’s nothing you can do at an associate level) - Full of people that feel good about themselves but they actually knows nothing about how actual industry work - No talent - Management will give you vague feedback that you can’t act on, For example, I got asked to “elevate the deck” but when I asked is it the messaging or is it the format etc they can’t give me anything specific - The expectation on work quality is inconsistent - Some manager level people can’t do excel which is shocking - You need to be a people pleaser in order to get promoted

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