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Egon Zehnder
2.9 of 5 31 reviews
www.egonzehnder.com New York, NY 150 to 499 Employees

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Updated May 22, 2013

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71% Approve of the CEO

Egon Zehnder CEO Damien O'Brien

Damien O'Brien

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48% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Great firm

Partner (Current Employee)

I have been working at Egon Zehnder full-time

ProsGood values. At the core, they do try hard to care about people. The least transactional of all the big search firms. Global footprint and good exposure to global work. . Smart people. Very service oriented internally and externally,

ConsLots of cliques similar to high school. A popularity contest. Inward focused. Leadership and cultures have wide variance by office and practice group. Varied degrees of transparency. Frugal.

Advice to Senior ManagementBuild greater leadership consistency across offices and practice groups. Shift from popularity to more weight on results. Invest more in strategic growth rather than exclusively organic. More aggressively broaden services beyond acquisition.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Strong learning experience

Senior Researcher (Former Employee)

I worked at Egon Zehnder full-time for more than a year

ProsVery smart people at the firm. The consultants are very collaborative and work hard to educate researchers on the search process

ConsThey work hard and cut support staff too quickly, which means the workload is always high.The global nature of the firm of leads to late night/very early morning calls.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Good place with great work/life balance

Anonymous Employee (Current Employee)

I have been working at Egon Zehnder full-time

ProsWork/Life balance. Seniour managemnet people.

ConsSame job, same rutine processes

Advice to Senior ManagementEngage analysts more to the consulting process

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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This company is a joke

Research Associate (Former Employee)
Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

I worked at Egon Zehnder full-time for less than a year

Proscentralized location office with a resourceful pantry

Consrubbish colleagues, no one is working but pretend working all day long

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very bad, no structure, monotonous work

Research Analyst (Former Employee)
Gurgaon, Haryana (India)

I worked at Egon Zehnder full-time for less than a year

Prosrelax atmosphere at work, not much demanding work

Conslow salary, work gets boring afet some time.

Advice to Senior Managementsalary revision, promotion

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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Tension less Environment, but low incentives and Growth chances

Associate- Information Manager (Former Employee)
Gurgaon, Haryana (India)

I worked at Egon Zehnder full-time for less than a year

ProsVery friendly environment
Low Work Pressure
No Overtime required

ConsMonotonous work
No incentives and low in hand package

Advice to Senior ManagementPlease provide some incentive based work it will help employees to gain more interest in company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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It is good only if you are near retirement

Research Analyst (Current Employee)
São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)

I have been working at Egon Zehnder full-time for more than a year

ProsCalm place
Good benefits
Chance to talk to very senior people

ConsBoring work
People are very oldfashioned
Not a chance to grow. Listen well, NOT A CHANCE!!

Advice to Senior ManagementPlease, listen to what people say about you. It is true.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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Great benefits, horrible place to work

Office Administration (Former Employee)

I worked at Egon Zehnder full-time

ProsIf you want excellent benefits and great pay then this place is for you.

ConsThey don't usually promote employee's and tend to throw people under the bus. This company has tons of money hungry high management working for them.

Advice to Senior ManagementKeep yours ears open and listen to what's going around the office. It's usually true and shouldn't be ignored.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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I was so bored at this job.

Research Analyst (Current Employee)
Boston, MA (US)

I have been working at Egon Zehnder as an intern for less than a year

ProsGood pay and benefits, including long vacations. Good opportunities to meet people in other places as well.

ConsBoring job, boring people....no opportunities for advancement. People who have been there for 15 years do the same things you do as an intern.

Advice to Senior ManagementAdd more variety to the work?

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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it's the company with very good working environment and also good package

Anonymous Employee (Current Employee)

I have been working at Egon Zehnder full-time

Prosgood place to work, mnc, package

Consneed highly adopted skills in evey field

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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