Associate - Associate Kearney Employee Review

5.0
Jan 28, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

- great people in every office that are down-to-earth, very approachable, and hard-working - very well liked by clients, especially on a personal level, which increasingly helps win business - flat hierarchies with many partners that make time to answer questions and chat - allows for fast career progression if performance and network is good - on a tremendous growth trajectory, gaining share from MBB, on track to double in size by 2020 while staying profitable - early exposure to C-suite if you proof yourself

Cons

- travel (national staffing, some global if requested) and working hours, although this very much depends on project and team, which you can influence quite a bit - although better than in any corporate treadmill, training and development is limited due to size - retirement contribution is weak if you don't stay for at least 3-5 years - alumni network needs improvement

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Apr 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

If you’re fresh out of school and don’t have a specific skill and don’t know what to do, and you’re willing to be a yes man then yes it might be a good place to figure out your next step.

Cons

- Lack of pipeline for certain practices (and they will blame that on you saying your utilization is low but there’s nothing you can do at an associate level) - Full of people that feel good about themselves but they actually knows nothing about how actual industry work - No talent - Management will give you vague feedback that you can’t act on, For example, I got asked to “elevate the deck” but when I asked is it the messaging or is it the format etc they can’t give me anything specific - The expectation on work quality is inconsistent - Some manager level people can’t do excel which is shocking - You need to be a people pleaser in order to get promoted

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