Hit & miss - Associate Kearney Employee Review

2.0
23 Oct 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- if you couldn’t get into Tier 1 this is a place from which you can lateral higher if you are a good performer - some senior people in the firm are very good and supportive, but not most - money is competitive especially for not being tier 1 - office location was spectacular at the MCA in Circular Quay

Cons

Very clearly not Tier 1 and an insecure book. Work life balance is attorcious, and consultant support and enablement is a joke compared to Tier 1. Life can be wildly different depending my nom the projects you get and high performers are burnt through to get as much out of before they leave instead of nourished. Seniors have no genuine buy in or investment into the firm’s long term health over maximising their distributions (can only speak to ANZ unit, heard it’s different in USA).

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5.0
21 May 2026
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
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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