Korn Ferry reviews

3.3

56% would recommend to a friend

(3,889 total reviews)
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Gary D. Burnison

57% 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
Sep 28, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

It's simple: the people. They are the best colleagues I've found yet, so it's too bad the system is set up so poorly. The mission is fantastic. It's easy to get behind making the business world a better place, but it's too bad the executive leadership cannot take their own medicine.

Cons

Senior leadership is unbelievably out of touch with the impact of their decisions on the humans that make up their HUMAN focused business. Weird. If they practiced a quarter of what they preach, it would make a world of difference in the company. I stopped reading the hypocritical emails sent out by the CEO. Structure: they have acquired a myriad of companies over the years, and failed to consolidate in a reasonable way. There is a lot of in-fighting over revenue. It's incredibly stressful, and you can kiss your personal life goodbye.

3.0
Sep 22, 2020

Stress

Recommend
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Pros

some colleagues, interesting work, job opportunities for those who are political, good reputation in the industry

Cons

highly stressful, measured mostly by business sold, no cost of living increase in salary - or raises, very competitive and passive aggressive, focused on the shareholders more than the people

1.0
Sep 12, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Hires recent graduates but for below market pay.

Cons

Zero on boarding or training, pay is below market and absolutely non-negotiable even if you have experience and/or a Master's degree that qualifies you for a higher salary, completely dysfunctional management - my team had a new manager every 2 months, this company spent more on parties than giving people cost of living salary adjustments. This company will literally waste your time and then lay you off along with thousands of others during a pandemic. Seriously do not waste your time here. Absolutely no way to move teams or get promotions no matter how hard you try or how many other managers vouch for you. The hours are long and there is a very stark divide between the divisions, the Executive Search team was so condescending to other divisions that our team literally had to have an internal meeting about how to act professionally in the work place - fyi it was the senior level consultants who had the most complaints filed against, not the recent grads. Also if you're not Caucasian, prepare to be the token ethnic person on your team and to be constantly asked to be in videos or advertisements to show how "diverse" Korn Ferry is. It is NOT diverse at all, their work and level of diversity is comparable to the 1950's.

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