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    L.E.K. Consulting Reviews

    Updated January 21, 2019
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    L.E.K. Consulting Global Managing Partner Stuart Jackson
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    • "Work life balance becomes an issue at times" (in 64 reviews)

    • "Long hours (but it's expected of consulting)" (in 75 reviews)

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    1. "Associate"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

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

      Pros

      Really friendly people
      Lots of fun events planned throughout the year (Christmas Party, Halloween)

      Cons

      Long hours (but it's expected of consulting)
      Not as much travel as MBB

    2. "Strong career accelerator"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

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

      Pros

      Good pay, minimal travel, fast paced, early management experience

      Cons

      Long hours, limited project diversity

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    3. "Tons of opportunity and learning, but tough culture"

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      Current Employee - Senior Associate Consultant
      Current Employee - Senior Associate Consultant
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      A ton of opportunity to learn
      Exposure to many industries and teams
      Constantly being challenged

      Cons

      Difficult lifestyle that inevitably leads to burnout

    4. Helpful (1)

      "Associate"

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      Current Employee - Associate
      Current Employee - Associate
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

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

      Pros

      - Fun, social colleagues
      - Steep learning curve and will come out with more technical skills than other other consulting firms

      Cons

      - COMPENSATION, without a doubt. We are not competitive with other consulting firms and management tries to lie to themselves that we are but open your eyes because we have problems with recruiting top talent because our compensation is not competitive. Promotion raises are minimal as well as, and a major factor for our retention problem

      -HR is terrible, they don't care about the needs of the employees

      - Allocations

      - Upper management does not seem to care about any of their Associates, who are the driving force behind this organization

      - No work life balance

      Advice to Management

      Pay your employees more and actually take into consideration their needs

    5. Helpful (2)

      "Great consulting staff but HR has real problems"

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

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

      Pros

      Short cases = Fast growth, Partners and Managers are really effective

      Cons

      U.S. HR and allocations play favorites and can be extremely tedious and painful to work with

      Advice to Management

      Change people in HR and allocations

    6. "Consultant"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Senior Consultant
      Current Employee - Senior Consultant
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      Steep learning curve prepares you to solve strategic business problems and manage talented, intelligent teams

      Interesting, impactful cases using traditional and novel market research and analytical tools

      Early and broad client exposure at the C level

      Cons

      Long hours and high expectations

      Advice to Management

      Be more transparent of the challenges and expectations of direct from MBA hires.

    7. "XX"

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      Current Employee - Summer Associate in Boston, MA
      Current Employee - Summer Associate in Boston, MA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

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

      Pros

      - good salary
      -industry exposure
      -constant review
      -no travel

      Cons

      -high burn
      -not a ton of responsibility early
      - primary research heavy

    8. Helpful (3)

      "Experience is luck of the draw"

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      Former Employee - Associate in Chicago, IL
      Former Employee - Associate in Chicago, IL
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      Incredibly talented and intelligent associates and consultants, reasonable pay, nice offices

      Cons

      Sweatshop, extremely long hours (16+ commonly), arbitrary review cycle, very low retention rate

      Advice to Management

      The tendency to oversell and staff cases with minimal staffing kills employee morale. The Chicago office does not take this into account during reviews, effectively punishing employees for the cases they are allocated to.

    9. Helpful (10)

      "Post-MBA role is terrible"

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      Current Employee - Consultant in Boston, MA
      Current Employee - Consultant in Boston, MA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

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

      Pros

      -Some smart and friendly colleagues, especially the Associates
      -A few great Managing Directors (but few and far between)

      Cons

      -Terrible, terrible hours with no sympathy for life. It's part of the culture.
      -Long times between promotions and 'next step up' often doesn't change job
      -Below market compensation
      -Limited exit options
      -U.S. HR is abysmal but seems to run the company

      Advice to Management

      Be kind to your people and staff cases properly. You are stuck in a cycle of recruiting worse and worse people and running teams leaner and leaner. Invest in your people and they'll stop leaving.

    10. "Associate"

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      Current Employee - Associate in Los Angeles, CA
      Current Employee - Associate in Los Angeles, CA

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

      Pros

      No travel and short cases for additional exposure to multiple industries

      Cons

      Long hours
      Associates are giving some mundane tasks