If you are competent - stay far away - Principal Korn Ferry Employee Review

1.0
14 Dec 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Fully remote, IP is strong, clients are great

Cons

In L&PD, everything is dysfunctional. Partners sell things they don’t know how to staff. Extreme mismatch between the skills needed to deliver work and who KF hires. Clients are constantly frustrated. PMO has very few competent PMs, and the “senior PMs” are a bunch of mean girls. Impossible to get them to do their jobs well. Zero accountability anywhere. Loyalty to a partner will get you farther than being skilled. If you care about doing good work, being challenged, and treated fairly - Korn Ferry is not for you.

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5.0
10 Feb 2026
Recommend
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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.

3.0
9 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Opportunities to work with large, interesting global clients

Cons

Can feel like a small fish in a big pond with such a large company, hard to feel a sense of culture when working fully remote

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