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Damien O'Brien
I have been working at Egon Zehnder full-time
Pros – Good 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,
Cons – Lots 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 Management – Build 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
2013-05-22 09:56 PDT
I worked at Egon Zehnder full-time for more than a year
Pros – Very smart people at the firm. The consultants are very collaborative and work hard to educate researchers on the search process
Cons – They 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
2013-04-21 20:19 PDT
I have been working at Egon Zehnder full-time
Pros – Work/Life balance. Seniour managemnet people.
Cons – Same job, same rutine processes
Advice to Senior Management – Engage analysts more to the consulting process
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-04-17 04:49 PDT
I worked at Egon Zehnder full-time for less than a year
Pros – centralized location office with a resourceful pantry
Cons – rubbish colleagues, no one is working but pretend working all day long
2013-05-10 02:46 PDT
I worked at Egon Zehnder full-time for less than a year
Pros – relax atmosphere at work, not much demanding work
Cons – low salary, work gets boring afet some time.
Advice to Senior Management – salary revision, promotion
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
2013-03-16 11:47 PDT
I worked at Egon Zehnder full-time for less than a year
Pros – Very friendly environment
Low Work Pressure
No Overtime required
Cons – Monotonous work
No incentives and low in hand package
Advice to Senior Management – Please provide some incentive based work it will help employees to gain more interest in company.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-01-13 08:15 PST
I have been working at Egon Zehnder full-time for more than a year
Pros – Calm place
Good benefits
Chance to talk to very senior people
Cons – Boring work
People are very oldfashioned
Not a chance to grow. Listen well, NOT A CHANCE!!
Advice to Senior Management – Please, listen to what people say about you. It is true.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
2013-01-02 13:08 PST
I worked at Egon Zehnder full-time
Pros – If you want excellent benefits and great pay then this place is for you.
Cons – They 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 Management – Keep 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
2012-12-06 13:28 PST
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I have been working at Egon Zehnder as an intern for less than a year
Pros – Good pay and benefits, including long vacations. Good opportunities to meet people in other places as well.
Cons – Boring 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 Management – Add more variety to the work?
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
2012-10-11 08:14 PDT
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I have been working at Egon Zehnder full-time
Pros – good place to work, mnc, package
Cons – need highly adopted skills in evey field
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2012-07-09 18:15 PDT
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