Most Disappointing and Toxic Employer Ever - Senior Recruiter RPO Korn Ferry Employee Review

1.0
Nov 15, 2023
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Pros

Lure of decent money to start. This is followed by no work life balance, low increases, revolving door of workers, lousy bonuses Beware of signing all of the onboarding paperwork without questions.

Cons

Management that lies to employees, gossips, does not respect confidentiality, does NOT walk the talk, expects a lot from people and does nothing themselves, no management support, frowns on people taking their full vacation time , no room for creativity, canned cookie cutter job, dead end job and sweat shop, unkind management who lies to client and instructs us to lie to client, no trust, micromanagement. Over promoted managers with little experience. Tons of favoritism and age discrimination!!

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5.0
Feb 10, 2026
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Pros

I am a consultant through a firm acquired by Korn Ferry and have had a great experience with both the firm (Salo) and with Korn Ferry as a parent company. Great to have benefits and PTO as a consultant and great training and resources available - good communication as well!

Cons

Transitional period during acquisition had a few bumps but nothing major and all ironed out as more time has gone on.

4.0
Jun 16, 2026
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Pros

The client diversity across industries and regions is top notch. Great brand recognition. The marketing investments in Korn Ferry Tour and LA28 paid off. Smart people. Remote work is a plus as 75% people work remotely. No push for facetime in offices. Work from anywhere! Everyone knows of Korn Ferry!

Cons

A culture of long hours and interrupted vacations. Clear demarcation between haves(fee earners) and have nots (execution). High expectations with outdated systems, manual processes, inefficient. Low pay as there are no merits due to market/company performance. Hard to get food at the holiday party so stop at Five Guys prior.

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