Red Flags! - Recruiter Korn Ferry Employee Review

2.0
Mar 24, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits and compensation are wonderful - they have a great maternity leave plan. Company is a well recognized name.

Cons

RPO division is a disaster. HIGH STRESS and no work/life. MICRO MANAGEMENT!! You must be active on Teams all day and notify anyone if you leave your desk (which I was told in the interview they were very hands off). DISORGANIZED. It took a week AFTER I started (4 weeks in between offer and start) to receive my laptop and monitor - was told I'd get a tracking number, never got an email. Asked about turnover in the interview - was told everyone had been there for a while - 14 people had left in the past year with most leaving within 2 months of being there. (Team was only 10 people) There was no onboarding, no training, no benefits overview, nothing. Basically was given spreadsheets and told to figure it out. Hiring managers blaming everything on you and get held to zero standards in terms of follow up. Constantly delaying candidates due to the client not being held to their SOP.

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5.0
Feb 10, 2026
Recommend
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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
CEO approval
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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 High expectations with outdated systems, manual processes, inefficient.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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