Rancid Taste of Internal Politics Between Procurement Services vs. Management Consulting Businesses - Manager Kearney Employee Review

2.0
27 Dec 2011
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Pros

Smart, ambitious, and exuberant individuals that are interested in their work and an appetite for leaning. Well known reputation has been the strong suit in the area of supply chain and operations consulting, however, culture is divided between Management Consulting side (80%) vs. Procurement Services (20%) with major salary differences and us vs. them attitude by many from Ivy League schools who know a whole lot of theory but short on experience.

Cons

For a company that had a solid foundation in supply chain, the focus has changed to general business consulting (hello Accenture, Deloitte, etc.) and lost focus on the core strength to further develop it as the industry leader. The division of the Management Consulting and Procurement Services creates friction and unnecessary inferior complex when consultants are working together on a project. Work Life balance does not exist and your career concerns are swept under the rug. Over stresses importance of PowerPoint slides and overzealous Principals who have no principles when it comes to work/life balance with others ready to throw you under the bus at any moment.

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5.0
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Pros

Amazing culture and talent that truly embraces forward looking

Cons

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1.0
16 Apr 2026
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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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