McKinsey & Company Reviews

Pros

+ People - both colleagues and most clients
+ Learning opps - both in terms of the consulting toolkit but also for the opportunity to get exposed to different industries, functions and geographies
+ Option value - great launching pad for career switching (pre-McK, I was in oil and gas in Houston, post-McK I'm in edtech in the Bay Area)
+ Alumni network - incredibly well-placed and people are actually super-responsive to asks for help
+ Brand recognition - helps in the jobs marketplace
+ Travel opps - if this is important to you

Advice to Management

Keep innovating to provide a strong value proposition to both clients and staff - not always an easy balance, but necessary given all of the disruption we're seeing in the consulting industry.

Pros

Amazing learning experience, surrounded by brilliant colleagues daily, great exposure to senior executives at fortune500 companies, excellent training around problem solving, strategic thinking, and out of the box mentality

Pros

(1) Get to work on very interesting problems across industries (2) Huge potential for driving impact (3) Very diverse and smart colleagues to work with (4) Excellent benefits

Advice to Management

(1) Ensures experienced hires are allowed to leverage their successful backgrounds to drive impact with clients, instead of insisting on a "McKinsey way" of doing things

Pros

-Experience
-Network
-Reputation
-Prestige: Considered the best in the space
-Compensation

Pros

Awesome benefits and perks (healthcare, phone with unlimited data), smart colleagues, flexible location, lots of travel

Pros

The training and development opportunities at McKinsey are incredible. The firm places a tremendous amount of time and resources to ensure new colleagues are set up for success and can help clients solve their toughest problems from day 1. You also have the opportunity to work on private and public sector clients' toughest challenges alongside truly incredible colleagues. In McKinsey Implementation we have the opportunity to work shoulder-to-shoulder with clients and help them realize the benefits of the proposed strategy. Having the end-to-end touch on the process is incredibly rewarding!

Advice to Management

Continue to focus on opportunities to improve the work-life balance in terms of travel for impact and predictable schedules to retain talent.

Pros

Good work atmosphere and job satisfaction

Pros

- Incredibly smart, interesting co-workers
- Great diversity of projects
- Good benefits
- Good flexible-working programs
- Very quick promotions

Advice to Management

None

Pros

As an MI consultant:
// Drive end-to-end client impact in a leadership role that lets consultants take a hands on, collaborative approach to implementing strategies at the client-end
// Was able to drive results that make a fundamental difference to clients
// Opportunity to coach and mentor clients to build their capabilities and help them achieve strategic goals (cost savings, M&A, post-merger integration,etc.)

As part of broader McKinsey:
// MI is a growing part of McKinsey and the company has invested significantly in expansion over the past one year - great opportunity to take part in the overall forward-looking direction of the group
// Tremendous interest internally among consultants to transition into implementation roles

Pros

Amazing and inspirational colleagues and leaders. Chance to interact (and mentor) with very senior clients to solve interesting problems. Ability to work in virtually and industry. Opportunities to serve clients in several countries, if desired.