Korn Ferry reviews

3.3

56% would recommend to a friend

(3,890 total reviews)
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Gary D. Burnison

57% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Korn Ferry has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 3,890 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Korn Ferry employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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4K reviews
3.0
Mar 25, 2021
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Pros

Part of a Global Multinational, NZX Listed business. Long service awards - extra holidays for commitment of service. Also 2/3 days extra leave at Christmas Good systems, processes, knowledge and information

Cons

Contracts state annual pay review for all employees, rarely have I seen or hear of this occurring for the majority of staff. All decisions are authorized overseas in Singapore or the USA, hence there seems to be no decision making authority in ANZ. And when decisions can't be pushed through, it's blames on Singapore or USA. Get everything in writing - things are promised verbally and then not delivered. Post Covid, severe staff cutbacks were made, but workloads have not diminished, hence people are feeling overworked and stressed. The expectations still remain high. The culture has been adversely affected post covid. It is a political orientated business. Some people will be promoted and receive pay rises, others will not. Although this does not appear to be based on Meritocracy or Egalitarianism more Nepotism. They do not live and breath their own culture and values. Openness, Honesty, Inclusion. For a Human Capital Consultancy professing to be the best globally, they are very poor at managing their own staff and culture.

1.0
Sep 18, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible working style, suited me well.

Cons

Was lied to and told that they had no perm, or fixed term options for me, the managed to squeeze out a very long time period on me as a casual instead. Was a high performer. Lucky for them they got away with paying less for a great employee, until I found out newbies joined on Fixed Term contracts etc and had more right than me.

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