Do not work here, you will not be rewarded for it. - Senior Recruiter Korn Ferry Employee Review

1.0
Apr 30, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Really great people to work with, nice variety of clients and tasks.

Cons

Completely opaque management, making unnecessary cuts to staff and wages despite previously bragging about profits and sending out messages of hope and how to use some of the downtime during the crisis to self-improve. Instead of following through on this, however, they cut our pay (AFTER the crisis has started to pass and a lot of business is picking up again, mind you). Even before this, earning a pay rise or decent bonus is impossible even when you consistently exceed expectations and perform excellent work for your clients in tough assignments. They talk a lot about development but internal training is a joke, the internal search tools are wholly inadequate for their intended function (despite, again, bragging about our advanced search engine to any client that will listen).

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5.0
Feb 10, 2026
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Pros

I am a consultant through a firm acquired by Korn Ferry and have had a great experience with both the firm (Salo) and with Korn Ferry as a parent company. Great to have benefits and PTO as a consultant and great training and resources available - good communication as well!

Cons

Transitional period during acquisition had a few bumps but nothing major and all ironed out as more time has gone on.

4.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The client diversity across industries and regions is top notch. Great brand recognition. The marketing investments in Korn Ferry Tour and LA28 paid off. Smart people. Remote work is a plus as 75% people work remotely. No push for facetime in offices. Work from anywhere! Everyone knows of Korn Ferry!

Cons

A culture of long hours and interrupted vacations. Clear demarcation between haves(fee earners) and have nots (execution). High expectations with outdated systems, manual processes, inefficient. Low pay as there are no merits due to market/company performance. Hard to get food at the holiday party so stop at Five Guys prior.

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