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
Sep 10, 2025

Poor culture, weak leadership

Recommend
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Pros

The base pay and compensation are above average. Your peers will be incredibly talented, and most frontline leaders are amazing.

Cons

If I could give senior management a negative rating, I would. There is absolutely no input taken from the direct sellers or even second-line leaders. Head-scratching decisions are made by people 4+ layers above the front line. When those don't work, the field is blamed (as if 100+ people are bad at their job and not that it was a poor strategy). Gary Burnison is uninspiring and most senior leadership lacks transparency. Finance runs this company, most leaders don't manage a P&L, so getting any level of additional resources or making changes is next to impossible.

4.0
Sep 9, 2025

Experience

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Healthy Work Environment for employees

Cons

I didn't experience any as of now.

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