L.E.K. Consulting Reviews

Pros

Always open for improvements Fun Team Great support from Management

Cons

Small company, not the financial power to pay the big salaries.

Pros

-lots of learning & development in a short amount of time -sense of camaraderie in associates

Cons

-high hours, poor work life balance - wfh during COVID is difficult

Pros

Great initial exposure to lots of different industries, lots of opportunities to develop quant skills and communication skills

Cons

If you don't enjoy the job, it's a really bad place to be at. L.E.K. is really only sustainable if you *really* love L.E.K. a lot.

Pros

Peers and colleagues, office culture, fast pace, pay, no Mon-Thurs travel so hours are the same as the consulting average but you go home at night

Cons

unpredictability of hours, lean teams, short timelines

Pros

- Definitely built core consulting skills - Coworkers are motivated and smart

Cons

- Vast majority of projects are churn and burn due diligences - Managers aren't taught to manage and are generally incredibly stressed, so they are harsh and critical. You get a win, and the topic is immediately "how do we get the next win?" There is no acknowledgement of good work. - Partners are INCREDIBLY biased and pick their favorites, sometimes un-deserved, generally focused on if you fit the culture. There is definitely a gender and racial bias. No question. - No real training or development. You either figure it out yourself or you don't succeed - You are randomly put on projects without regard for your personal development or schedule. You need to develop your analytical skills? Tough luck, someone else is staffed to do the model (and they're on a time crunch so you have no time to shadow them to learn). You have a week-long vacation in week 2 of a 4-week project? You're still staffed during it so you're stressed about falling behind in understanding what's going on while you're on "vacation". There's also a chance you're working on vacation. - I've seen a non-negligible amount of people get health problems related to stress and there is no mechanism in place for people to take time off without going on disability.

Pros

Quick paced learning about how obscure markets work, short cases

Cons

Industry exposure is fairly limited, nature of the work mainly involves due diligence research, work life balance is nonexistent, strict hierarchical culture, lack of diversity among senior leadership

Pros

Intense work style; Quantitative Projects; Excel skills will be built; Heavy responsibility and Interaction with Internal Stakeholders (although not External); PowerPoint Skills; Diligence Work (If that is what you want); People are smart and talented, although minimal time will be spent networking, socializing, or doing tasks that are non-work related,

Cons

Cons Long Hours, Intense speed on projects, High expectations, Lack of feedback on cases, Cases are extremely short and very similar in style (either diligence, strategy work which is very diligence like), Minimal to zero client interaction, Work is repetitive and job can be repetitive (Projects mirror each other, minimal beach time, 2,3,4 week DDs are sold), Training is shorter than it should be, Alumni network is not that strong and you will be required to build your departure on your own terms, Hours can be long, Firm pride and camaraderie is low because your value is in execution and in getting the work done (think a lot of slide output in a short amount of time is expected), Firm will cut people every 6 months if performance is not up to expectations . Training is short and after the 1 week orientation all training will be not a full week and you will likely be staffed on a case concurrently.