Korn Ferry reviews

3.3

56% would recommend to a friend

(3,889 total reviews)
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Gary D. Burnison

56% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Korn Ferry has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 3,889 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Korn Ferry employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Administración y consultoría industry (3.7 stars).

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4K reviews
1.0
Dec 4, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits, location, 1 year experience and then run!!

Cons

you are offered a pretty good PTO and sick-time-off but what good is it if you can never use. Where should I start. I will say this, I am no disgruntled employee, but have worked at this place long enough to know its underlying mission. K/F has one of the most racist and bias management operating structure and it is all a mental game. They hire people of color as an appearance but there is no real contribution. discreet mental slavery at its best. This has to be one of the worse experience I have ever had in my entire life. Now the company has potential, but the employees and staff ultimately makes up the corporate portion being the most essential part. Unfortunately, they select a bunch of small minded employees to make up management and adolescence to manage a team and Human Resource. management of whom lacks social skills and morality in diversity if you know what i'm implying. These are facts folks. If you are are not in the click, and visually look and obviously speak different, you are an automatic outcast. most of the staff that make up a team do not have one friend in their circle who is of another race. They find it challenging in trying to relate, socialize and acknowledge people who do not look like them and that is an asinine behavior of management. You have been warned. If you want to work for a company that devalues pure talent, instead, idolizes opportunists and promotes political rubbish, apply here.

3.0
Aug 28, 2024

Not longer a "best place to work"

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

75% of the people are great. Remote work. Good PTO plan but its impossible to be on PTO when you take PTO.

Cons

There are has been several rounds of layoffs in my time with the company. Annual bonus is 100% "discretionary" and NEVER worth the effort that employees put in to their role everyday. This year there was zero merit increase yet the CEO got a massive raise. It has become a culture of "up or out" and the only way to move up in the company is by moving in to sales. Old school sector leaders do not promote a team approach and only look out for themselves. Most people are always "on" in one way shape or form. I know the company ran just fine before smart phones. Let people enjoy their time off when they take it.

3.0
Apr 25, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Korn Ferry is a reputable organization, known for RPO and Executive Recruiting, talent insights, and talent strategy solutions. They are very proud of their Golf tournament - perhaps they put more emphasis on this tournament than retaining their employees. There are good people and team members and some good offerings from an overall talent perspective.

Cons

Lack of transparency; disjointed organization; consistently prone to lay off good talent; which ultimately impacts the business in the long run. The CEO sends out self-absorbed, wordy, weekly emails that no one reads (rather narcissistic in my opinion). I've seen leaders berate employees, create a toxic and fearful culture. Additionally, after laying good talent off, KF has hired below-par (no pun intended) talent, which adversely impacts the performance of the business.

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