Korn Ferry Reviews
Updated 8 Aug 2020
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Approve of CEO
Gary D. Burnison
451 Ratings
Pros
"Work/Life balance is pretty good" (in 82 reviews)
"The atmosphere in the office is great - people are definitely the greatest asset" (in 46 reviews)
Cons
"long hours necessary with short time frame" (in 32 reviews)
"I couldn’t admit how toxic the environment was at futurestep until I was out" (in 30 reviews)
"Good Culture"
I have been working at Korn Ferry full-time
Pros
Great organization to work with and employee friendly
Cons
Company has no cons as such
- Helpful (7)
"You would survive if you are good with office politics. Not so happy with ."
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Korn Ferry full-time for more than a year
Pros
Exposure to work with some renowned clients in the market
Cons
No hike No appreciation from the management If you are not good being diplomatic you would be thrown out anyways . Choose wisely
Continue reading - Helpful (2)
"Lop sided pay philosophy"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Korn Ferry full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Good for exploring learning opportunities in leadership consulting
Cons
Good for people with Executive Search background; however, not so good for organizational consulting except for leadership consulting work.
- Helpful (9)
"Great Brand Name. Good Workflow. Terrible Employee Engagement"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Korn Ferry full-time for more than a year
Pros
1. Mix of people. Some senior client partners are exceptional people and are very collaborative in their approach, while many mid-level executives are pompous and full of themselves 2. The office space is nice 3. Work is decent. KF's IP is why people join this firm 4. Good bonus if you are a high performer
Cons
1. Despite being an HR consulting company the firm's mangement of its internal staff is just awful! The management just wants you to slog with no benefits in return 2. Miserable annual hikes 3. Some membere of senior leaderships are snobbish and think too highly of themselves, just because they are getting business to the firm
Continue reading "Kf is worlds no 1 in Executive Search if any one who wants to work into recruitment than its a good start for them"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Korn Ferry full-time for more than a year
Pros
- work culture - work from home - good exposure while working with good Projects(Fortune 500)
Cons
- Growth is very slow - Office Politics by colleagues and your Boss
Continue reading"Good place"
I worked at Korn Ferry full-time
Pros
Good culture and managers are helpful
Cons
Projects are repetitive at times
"NA"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Korn Ferry full-time
Pros
Good company to work with
Cons
Nothing to say much about it
Continue reading- Helpful (1)
"Associate Recruiter"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at Korn Ferry full-time for more than a year
Pros
- Work life balance, - Good team members, - Very much to learn
Cons
- Compensation and Appraisal - Appraisal Process the longest I have seen and still there are no better hikes to employees.
Continue reading - Helpful (5)
"Zero ethics environment"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Korn Ferry full-time for more than a year
Pros
Global Brand, Global Policies, Good Hires
Cons
zero ethics on part of Prinicpals and partners, no focus on junior employees, zero employee engagement and no benefits
"Big Name but Small gain"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Korn Ferry full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
amongst the world's best brands to ever be associated with. I had bitter sweet moments with the organisation, but gave me a gr8 learning at the end
Cons
Say goodbye to work life balance and any form of monetary gains
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