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- 5.0Sep 21, 2023Business AnalystFormer Employee, more than 1 year
Pros
Great challenging fields to work in, good option as a job straight out of college or MBA
Cons
Work Life balance may be an issue
- 5.0Apr 9, 2017Engagement Manager (Previously Associate)Former Employee, more than 3 yearsHouston, TX
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
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+ Lifestyle - enough said + Success/failure at the Firm is highly dependent on luck -- a lot really depends on the luck of the draw with respect to staffing. You want to be staffed on the right project with the right team at the right time. The Firm does its best to give you a fair shot, but a fair number of people fall through the cracks. + Nature of consulting -- eventually you might get tired of providing advice and want to actually build stuff. + People are uber-rational -- in MBTI parlance, almost everyone is an ''NT". It creates a very logical / rational culture - you need to make sure you can fit into the culture.
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Does anyone know what the threshold for performance % to end up either on Improvement Plan or counseld % this years previous years at MBB? Many people I know are either Concerns or Counseled to leave. I'm just wondering if this is a normal as I am new and have never experienced a full cycle before.McKinsey & Company Bain & Company Boston Consulting Group
Don’t have numbers but during my long career in the firm I have never before heard saying someone ‘many people I know…’. It must be terrible this year.
Does anyone know what the threshold for performance % to end up either on Improvement Plan or counseld % this years previous years at MBB? Many people I know are either Concerns or Counseled to leave. I'm just wondering if this is a normal as I am new and have never experienced a full cycle before. McKinsey & Company Bain & Company Boston Consulting Group
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McKinsey & Company has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 10,420 reviews left anonymously by employees. 85% of employees would recommend working at McKinsey & Company to a friend and 73% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -3% over the last 12 months.
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Engagement manager salary info is pretty accurate on publicly available forums. Just add on that 10k increase and you're there