Untrustworthy employer, empty promises, lies - Senior Recruiter - RPO/Virtual Korn Ferry Employee Review

1.0
Jan 24, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Remote work. That's it. No other reason to work here.

Cons

Korn Ferry needs a major adjustment to their moral compass. They lie to their employees and clients, and never reward their top performers with pay raises or promotions. They never increased salaries for cost of living adjustments during this absurd housing market. Their bonus structure is extremely vague and you're told it's "discretionary" which means they just see how much is leftover after their C-suite execs are paid as much as they want instead of paying you out for your exceptional efforts and what you truly earned. They lay off their top performers and best employees after lying to them about their "exciting new contract" they have waiting for them after their current contract ends. Their HR team is cold and heartless when delivering layoff messaging, which is sickening when you're absolutely blind-sighted as a top performer. They are over-involved with their RPO teams and add-on unnecessary meetings and additional stress for their team who has 60 hours of client work on their plate already. They don't understand how to manage RPO accounts and what their role actually is vs. the client.

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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 High expectations with outdated systems, manual processes, inefficient.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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