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    L.E.K. Consulting Reviews

    Updated April 19, 2018
    327 reviews

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    • Work / life balance seems worse at L (in 57 reviews)

    • Long hours; Significant time spent on administrative tasks (in 67 reviews)

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    1. "Engagement Manager"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at L.E.K. Consulting full-time

      Pros

      Fast paced, dynamic, work environment
      Highly motivated colleagues
      Interesting high impact projects
      Young and fun culture

      Cons

      Projects are demanding and its it hard to maintain work life balance
      Standards are set extremely high and there is little tolerance for sub-par workproduct

      Advice to Management

      Can continue to invest in creating a sustainable work environment
      Should look for ways to ensure teams are not overworked, as high performers often burn out

    2. "not a great atmosphere to work in"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at L.E.K. Consulting full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Nice office, small tight knit feel

      Cons

      sweat shop, don't get paid enough, very hierarchical

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    3. "Consultant"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Chicago, IL
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Chicago, IL
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at L.E.K. Consulting full-time

      Pros

      Great People to work with

      Cons

      Sweat Shop and the hours can be long

      Advice to Management

      Continue to do the great work, but find a way to help work/life

    4. "Good"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Good challenging job, don't mind it most of the time

      Cons

      Longer hours can become a drag

    5. "Great people"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at L.E.K. Consulting full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Amazing people who will challenge you to develop, coach you along the way, and toast your successes.

      Cons

      Same as any strategy consulting firm... your hours can be at the mercy of the client or project, although LEK tries to shield teams from the worst of the excesses.

      Advice to Management

      Continue to draw the same caliber of people as you continue to grow and expand.

    6. "review"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at L.E.K. Consulting full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      L.E.K. runs teams lean compared to other consulting firms, meaning all team members will have meaningful step-up opportunities and more responsibility / ownership relative to their peers at other firms, earlier in their careers. The work is generally interesting, and the learning curve is steep. This job will keep you learning and challenged.

      Cons

      Work / life balance seems worse at L.E.K. relative to other firms,because of the lean structure. Most projects are under-staffed. There is almost zero time on the beach in between intense projects (maybe a day or two... a week max if you're very lucky, vs. other firms seem to have longer / more consistent stretches). In addition, L.E.K. does more due diligences than other consulting firms, contributing to more intense / short projects with worse work / life balance. In addition, there are no systems / processes in place to retain talent that is burned out. Staff can go part-time or on sabbatical, but that is not an attractive or long-term solution.

      Advice to Management

      Staff the teams with more associates. It will slightly eat at your margins in the short-term but do wonders for staff retention, team productivity, and client output.

    7. "Associate"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at L.E.K. Consulting full-time

      Pros

      Diverse set of projects to work on
      Smart, talented, and fun group of employees
      Great post-consulting career opportunities
      Dynamic work environment that allows you to constantly grow and learn
      Extensive professional development trainings

      Cons

      Work/life balance is virtually non-existent, with typical work hours between 65 and 70 hours a week. While LEK is looking to improve these hours, it is difficult to do so given project under-staffing, reluctance to push back on ad-hoc client requests , and a firm-wide mentality that midnight is a reasonable hour to still be working. There is also a fair amount of networking necessary to be staffed on projects in certain industries

      Advice to Management

      Dedicate resources to improve work/life balance, as well as to ensure employees are staffed on projects that match their career interests (in line with offerings of other consulting firms)

    8. "Awful work life balance, good exit opportunties"

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      Former Employee - Associate in Los Angeles, CA
      Former Employee - Associate in Los Angeles, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at L.E.K. Consulting full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Truly drink from a fire-hose
      You learn a lot in a very short amount of time
      You will learn how to build slides, conduct rigorous analysis, be very organized

      Cons

      Terrible terrible terrible work life balance

      Advice to Management

      Look out for your people

    9. "Great place to start a career"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at L.E.K. Consulting full-time

      Pros

      Great training in modeling and slide building. Light travel. Great office culture.

      Cons

      Long and unpredictable hours because of staffing. Low client interaction as a junior team member.

      Advice to Management

      Invite Associate-level team members to present findings to client, rather than just senior team members

    10. "good place to work"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at L.E.K. Consulting full-time

      Pros

      lots of hard charging partners. great opportunity to learn

      Cons

      a bit of a sweat shop

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