Challenging work environment - great people, poor management - Project Coordinator Korn Ferry Employee Review

1.0
12 Aug 2020
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Pros

The flexibility and ability to work from home is nice, especially during COVID. The people are excellent. You can learn so much from your colleagues and they are happy to sit down and share what they are doing and how you would be able to contribute. Great team focus. Everyone is incredibly talented and educated and pushes you to be better.

Cons

No performance review process for anyone under Senior Client Partner in 2020 means that we are not getting accurate barometer of our performance while enduring 20-25% pay cut until December 2020 at least. While company boasts learning opportunities and ways to be involved and gain experience, managers are possessive over talent and will not let you advance. After reading reviews on here, I'm starting to think that the majority of the positive reviews are fake as there are no details about actual day to day experience.

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5.0
10 Feb 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
16 June 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 High expectations with outdated systems, manual processes, inefficient.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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