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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1.0
Oct 14, 2014

Lousy Experience

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great location in Addison, TX. Plenty of bars and restaurants. Employees are generally good people with the exception of a few snakes thrown in. Good benefits.

Cons

First of all, I am not what you call a disgruntled employee. I was not fired and left on my own terms. I found a better job paying way more than Futurestep would ever pay me. If you're looking for income based on experience and to be paid what you're worth then keep looking. The pay is low compared to other companies in the industry. This is also not Korn/Ferry which is very unfortunate. There are recruiters, recruiting coordinators, talent acquisition specialists, sourcing specialists and search associates. You work on projects as a team or independently. The management team is horrible. They will speak down to you and will be rude. They play favorites and talk behind employees backs and laugh at them in their offices. They are not available because their doors are always closed. If your a favorite brownnoser then you can get their time and spend hours behind closed doors with them. If you have questions then you just have to wait or find someone else to ask. This makes it difficult when a team lead has been fired and you have noone to go to and are constantly told to ask your pm. Certain employees will report back to management anything they say or hear just to get ahead. If I am working on a project I do not need another talent acquisition specialist bossing me around and trying to make me look bad so they can look good to management. I had employees talk down to me and be so aggressive that I no longer could deal with it. My ideas were stolen and believed to be theirs. This is not someone that you put in any kind of lead role. What's awful is that this employee wasn't even in a lead role or a management role. They just thought they were and management created a monster and continues to let them act like a monster. I got tired of never getting any recognition or attention for any of my hard work. Too much moving around from project to project and being treated like dirt by other employees that wanted to get ahead at the expense of others. The environment is no better than kindergarten. I was able to move into a better situation and be appreciated while earning great money which I deserve. I have an actual job that is drama free and work with people that want to help and see me succeed and not fail. I wish I had learned more at Futurestep but it is a time that I regret spending

1.0
Jul 17, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great, intelligent people, great intellectual property.

Cons

No work-life balances, no raises, not even a cost of living raise, there is no incentive to stay here. Too many acquisitions and too much work being sold with not enough resources to deliver. Employees are disposable and overworked. They want a certain level of employee yet are not willing to pay for it. No company culture. There is no appreciation or compensation for employees at lower levels.

2.0
Oct 19, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The lack of leadership, oversight, and vision gives you defacto autonomy Good for people who throve on pointless busy work or doing pseudoscientific "research"

Cons

The president of the institute was beyond useless. In five years I still can't figure out what he actually contributes. There is a bloated "leadership" team in the institute, however this is little more than a clique of ladder climbers with no actual vision or utility. Frequently expected to work over 12 hour days, sometimes I had been ORDERED to work over 24 hours by a person who was then promoted to the leadership team, presumably because her only skill was taking credit for the work of others. ZERO job security. ZERO cost of living increases. NO accountability by the leadership of the company or the institue. This is ironic for a company that posits itself as experts on leadership. Cliques and politicking are more important than talent. There is a lot of data but it's mostly useless.

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