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      Lack of inspiring leaders, don't stay for more than a few years - Associate Kearney Employee Review

      1.0
      29 July 2018
      Associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      - OK place to start a career: it's a decent brand in Australia (although there are increasingly competitive roles now, such as PE, and even top global MBAs that will mainly value a truly tier-1 consulting company, e.g. MBB and not AT Kearney) - Great feeder to corporate strategy teams in Coles and SEEK, if that is your career aspiration in life - Young and humble workforce makes the brutal work conditions more bearable ("work hard play hard" right?) - maybe we aren't as stuck up as the MBB kids but there is a downside to this... see below in Cons about the insecure overachiever point

      Cons

      - No one in the company is someone I would look up to as a great leader in the business world - You will be surrounded by 'insecure overachievers', who are extremely risk-averse and the ones who stay have convinced themselves that consulting is their only choice -- stay here for too long and you'll start to think the same. It's true for all of consulting but especially true for those from AT Kearney, who have already accepted a position here instead of MBB, and so you are not surrounded by people who will really challenge you to strive for bigger and better things in life (just promotions)

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      Kearney Response
      7y
      We appreciate your thoughtful feedback. Alex Liu was elected managing partner in May 2018. He is focused on supporting A.T. Kearney's clients, capabilities, and culture. Learn more about his vision for the firm in this Financial Times article from October 2018: https://www.atkearney.com/a.t.-kearney-s-alex-liu-taking-on-the-big-league

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      5.0
      21 May 2026
      Senior manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Amazing culture and talent that truly embraces forward looking

      Cons

      Travel but that’s common for the industry

      1.0
      16 Apr 2026
      Associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      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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