L.E.K. Consulting Employee Reviews about "learning curve"

Pros

Competitive salary Diversity of sectors Very strong learning curve

Cons

Life/work balance is not manageable on the long run

Pros

- Genuine strategy work across a diverse range of industries with household name companies - Reputation for producing some of the best Associates in the consulting industry - Great exposure to partners and senior management - Surrounded by extremely smart people. - Very steep learning curve with big focus on data&analytics. - Office medium sized, which allows you meet with most people in the office, incl. senior management. Allows you to have bi-monthly office events/outings. - Very friendly office culture. No arrogance and great sense of team-play. - London office located in Victoria, which is extremely convenient to access. No horror commutes. - International opportunities within first 2/3 years with SWAP programme - Very well paid - Fast growing company

Cons

- Long hours, but industry wide. If the work is interesting this can be okay. - Prestigious but not yet a big name outside consulting/financial circles.

Pros

Steep learning curve prepares you to solve strategic business problems and manage talented, intelligent teams Interesting, impactful cases using traditional and novel market research and analytical tools Early and broad client exposure at the C level

Cons

Long hours and high expectations

Pros

- Fun, social colleagues - Steep learning curve and will come out with more technical skills than other other consulting firms

Cons

- COMPENSATION, without a doubt. We are not competitive with other consulting firms and management tries to lie to themselves that we are but open your eyes because we have problems with recruiting top talent because our compensation is not competitive. Promotion raises are minimal as well as, and a major factor for our retention problem -HR is terrible, they don't care about the needs of the employees - Allocations - Upper management does not seem to care about any of their Associates, who are the driving force behind this organization - No work life balance

Pros

L.E.K. runs teams lean compared to other consulting firms, meaning all team members will have meaningful step-up opportunities and more responsibility / ownership relative to their peers at other firms, earlier in their careers. The work is generally interesting, and the learning curve is steep. This job will keep you learning and challenged.

Cons

Work / life balance seems worse at L.E.K. relative to other firms,because of the lean structure. Most projects are under-staffed. There is almost zero time on the beach in between intense projects (maybe a day or two... a week max if you're very lucky, vs. other firms seem to have longer / more consistent stretches). In addition, L.E.K. does more due diligences than other consulting firms, contributing to more intense / short projects with worse work / life balance. In addition, there are no systems / processes in place to retain talent that is burned out. Staff can go part-time or on sabbatical, but that is not an attractive or long-term solution.