McKinsey & Company Employee Reviews
Out of 247 McKinsey & Company employee reviews, 85% were positive. The remaining 15% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping McKinsey & Company improve their work culture.
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
What do you like best about the leadership team?
their dedication to the team
The managers I have worked with are supportive and care about your learning and experience.
They expect great thongs from us all.
McKinsey is works in a very federated way and each "group" has their own leadership team.
Review from Executive Dept
Highly accomplished healthcare and business leaders who are both socially and emotionally intelligent with their people. They care for and ensure the satisfaction and growth of their people
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Learn how to say no in order to protect your people
Truth, honesty, transparency and reputation
Stop over promising to our clients
treating humans as humans not bots
There is too much absentee leadership
Review from Operations Dept
What is the best part about your compensation package?
Real bonuses, not token ones.
Really fair compared to other companies + annual bonus
Medical benefits are world class and definitely amongst the best in my geographical region
Review from Executive Dept
High base salary supplemented by a high and consistent bonus
Free health care with no deductable or copay
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
We have very long hours
For employees who have previous experience and joined in a junior role, Re-evaluate salary when they get promoted instead of gradual increase.
My male counterparts are paid more in base and bonus with lower ratings than me.
Compensation for consultants is great. However, if you are not a consultant expect to make a very mediocre salary below national averages.
Compensation average or even low compared to the market and the expectations they have from employees
What are some of the best things about your team?
their enthusiasm every day of the week
Smart people excited about what they do
They're smart, creative and trustworthy
You will meet a new team with each project. After a while, you will have more influence on who you will be working with, allowing you to (kinda) choose folks you work with well.
Review from Executive Dept
Generally smarter than I am
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
A culture of meanness, opacity and vindictiveness from bosses and managers means rank and file are no longer interested in voicing their opinions. Everything is now about protecting the bottomline, talent, aspirations etc. be darned.
Honesty, integrity and the ability to be transparent.
Not being over-competitive at all cost
Review from Operations Dept
What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
every morning we have a meeting
It is a learning and supportive culture
Freedom and respect, diversity and inclusitivity
McKinsey has a big focus on constructive feedback
Review from Executive Dept
Inclusive and diverse work environment
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
Workaholic culture, believes you have to work tons of hours to have a promotion
Dont let negative people manipulate others
not being micromanaged and have little say on what you can do
Leadership introduces unnecessary stress and low-value add churns just to fill their insecurity and ego
Review from Operations Dept
What did you like most about the interview process?
They treated my really well
I wasnt interviewed. I was part of an acquisition.
Straightforward and clear. Provided coaching
Open question and chance to say what you would like to do when you join
The communication during the process
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
Interviews are unecessarily long and drawn out and the recruiters and hiring managers who are the face of the company to prospective candidates are not trained well to be at their best. More than once, I was ghosted by an interviewer or was rescheduled AFTER joining the interview call.
What makes you most happy at work?
salary, friend, connections, travel, opportunities
Great and meaningful projects and the smartest people on earth
Review from Executive Dept
Counseling clients and interacting with teammates
Making the work stream fun for all those involved
freedom to do what I want to do
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
The ultra high stress from partners is killing team's well-being and morale. McKinsey need better leaders who are not solely focused on their egos and need to justify their over-compensation. This is a structural problem caused by the very skewed compensation system.
Review from Operations Dept
What do you like best about your company?
Salary, Friends, benefits, exit opportunities, knowledge
time flexibility and learning culture
The company really does strive to be socially conscious and help globally.
Culture of high achievement
What would you most like to see improved at your company?
office Location should be increased as pilot version
A more cohesive unity between the offices and best practices.
Greater focus on generalist approach over time