Just so very bad - Senior Consultant Korn Ferry Employee Review

This place is just about minimising cost (i.e. your salaries and bonuses - this is the biggest cost in the business) and maximising the sales and cash collection. The CEO has a 'God complex', no-one challenges him as he is surrounded by sycophants who are in fear of their own safety. The share price and overall company growth are the only performance indicators that are talked about with any seriousness. The quality of service to clients quickly falls off post-sale as staff are overworked and stretched too thinly (as keeping headcount to a minimum is a concern here) and products are not invested in or updated. There is no genuine concern for staff. They treat them with utter patronising distain. It's weird: they hire clever people and then communicate to them like they are stupid. They just cut or furloughed about a third of the staff. They let some really great Partners and staff go (leaving some very mediocre ones untouched) so they can save money and make more acquisitions. They've cut the pay of everyone here that is left who are already overworked and tired. People just look physically sick and many have stress or mental issues from overwork or long hours. It's just so sad. It has the potential to be so much more than it is but it's just being run into the ground year after year.