McKinsey & Company Employee Reviews

It can be very fast paced, but there is a strong supportive culture, colleagues tend to be very helpful, and help is always found if you need it. Highly recommended.

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Burnout rampant

Engagement Manager (Former Employee) - London, Greater London - 17 April 2023

Interesting work but they embrace burnout culture. There's also a weird culty vibe of 'we're the best and the smartest'. Honestly, I had a breakdown and then left.

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Based on 4 survey responses

What people like

Sense of belonging
Supportive environment
Inclusive work environment

Poor management

Manager (Current Employee) - London, Greater London - 8 April 2023

Pretty dysfunctional in most areas. Generally speaking consultants don’t care about support staff although there are some exceptions. Used to be much better.

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Un environnement unique

Consultant (Former Employee) - Londres - 22 April 2022

C'est une entreprise très unique; on aime ou pas mais ce qui est certain, c'est qu'on apprend énormément (et les collègues sont brillants !)

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Fast paced Environment

Analyst Intern (Former Employee) - London, Greater London - 3 December 2019

Worked up to 6 days a week and up to 10 hours a day. I had to learn a lot on the job but picked up the skills pretty quickly. Meeting clients was difficult as a lot of the time they did not want to see you.

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Leadership Academy Attendee (Former Employee) - London - 12 August 2019

The program I attended was a great opportunity for me to gain an insight into the life of a consultant and the work-life culture at Mckinsey & Company.

Pros

fees waived

Cons

Long hours

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Very nice work environment, but it's consulting...

PE associate (Former Employee) - London, Greater London - 13 May 2019

ok very stimulating intelluctally speaking long long hours though hardcore hours dfepending on the specific client very good exit opportunities overall

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Postive experience

Focus Group Coordinator (Former Employee) - United Kingdom - 29 April 2019

Got to participate in focus groups in the Paris and London offices. These workshops were focused on millennial development. Focusing on the needs of younger employees in a corporate setting.

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Great support

Executive Assistant (Former Employee) - London, Greater London - 7 March 2018

A great supportive place to work, you are cluster with 5 other EA's who are always willing to help and support. Weekly 1-1 with line Manager. Fantastic and welcoming on boarding Great food, great office Little room to progress

Pros

good all round great place to work

Cons

Little room to progress

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A college outside the tower of ivory

practice consultant (Former Employee) - London - 30 November 2017

Pros Great corporate culture and supportive environment to learn. Tons of network expertise, fantastic long-term career opportunities Cons Long hours - tough on lifestyle

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Enjoyable

Office IT Specialist (Current Employee) - London, Greater London - 7 November 2017

Its a fun place to work but difficult to find a happy work/life balance. A lot of opportunities to grow as a person, good team to work with and team leader and managers are helpful.

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Best place to learn

Industry Analyst- Digital Marketing (Former Employee) - London, Greater London - 17 August 2017

Great training, good people, good learning environment, emphasis on self improvement, good canteen and food, great hotels, good performance reviews and good managers

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A great place for Career Cluster EAs

Executive Assistant (Former Employee) - London - 15 August 2017

If you're an EA looking to find a comfortable set of workplace benefits, working amongst a team/pool of other EAs then you will enjoy it here. In my experience the lack of support and 24/365/360 feedback model is not a culture than I enjoyed and I would avoid in the future as it inspires ethical and social problems.

Pros

Company Benefits

Cons

Culture

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Wonderful Firm to work for

Executive Assistant to Director (Former Employee) - Picadilly Circus - 10 January 2017

McKinsey is a truly inspiring Global Management Consultancy Firm. No two days were ever the same and the adrenaline rush from exceeding expectations was phenomenal. I worked with amazing Directors and Partners and a fantastic EA cohort world wide. The hardest part of the job was trying to achieve a work/life balance as the hours were extremely long and arduous.

Pros

Great benefits; gym and free restaurant on site

Cons

Long hours

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Great place, was honoured to do my internship there.

Intern (Former Employee) - London - 8 November 2016

Doing an internship here really helped me define my career. There's a great culture around the place to constantly be improving yourself and going to the next step.

Pros

Free lunch

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Good place to work overall

Sales (Former Employee) - London, ENG - 29 July 2014

The most enjoyable part of the job was doing the yearly catalogues and displaying jewellery for yearly jewellery show at Birmingham. Management was good and easy to interact with. Hardest part of the job was all the orders to deal with after trade shows.