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Pros
"You'll work with some really smart people who really care" (in 253 reviews)
"Great place to work and good opportunities" (in 159 reviews)
Cons
"Lots of travel, although some perks come with this" (in 162 reviews)
"Poor lifestyle, no work life balance" (in 61 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
Reviews about "smart people"
Return to all Reviews"Great place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at McKinsey & Company
Pros
Smart people, interesting problems, good comp
Cons
Demanding hours and too much commercial focus
"Analyst review"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I worked at McKinsey & Company part-time
Pros
Worked with very smart people
Cons
Very fast-paced and long working hours
"Terrible work life balance"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at McKinsey & Company full-time
Pros
Good learning opportunity and very smart people
Cons
Terrible work life balance and overbearing partners
"great company, very little career progression for technology staff"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at McKinsey & Company for more than 5 years
Pros
great projects, smart people, travel
Cons
travel, smart people (often insensitive)
Continue reading"Design and digital expert"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at McKinsey & Company full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
We work with the most ambitious and smart people (nothing is impossible), gain diverse experience. As a designer have high impact as we work directly with c-suite, and you work as a "full stack designer" - from setting business strategy through customer and market research to implementing solutions (designing and developing) and consulting on hiring design professionals to our clients (e.g. chief design officer). It also gives you the leadership skillset and sets you up for success after McKinsey.
Cons
Fast passed environment, exhausting, lack of focus on social and ecological problems (but slowly getting better on this front, so staying hopeful), lack of diversity in leadership possitions
- Helpful (1)
"Challenging"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at McKinsey & Company full-time
Pros
Smart people making the teams. Challenging Broad Global Excellent People
Cons
Work hard Long hours Competitive Behaviour between colleagues unfortunately
"Great place to kick your career off, but be prepared to work hard"
I have been working at McKinsey & Company full-time
Pros
Very smart people, great perks, some cool projects
Cons
Crazy long work hours, often quite mind numbing work for analysts.
- Helpful (3)
"Amazing first job, but difficult to reconcile with having a family"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at McKinsey & Company full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
+ Very smart people + Very varied work + Great first job - it will teach you to do fast, efficient, high quality work and to think about issues strategically + Opens amazing career opportunities
Cons
+ Very long hours and all too frequent travel - very difficult to reconcile with family life + Many people have an 'insecure overachiever' personality and don't dare taking risks / standing up to the client when needed + The most inspiring and interesting people often leave after a few years
"Great place but volatile"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at McKinsey & Company
Pros
Pay, smart people and high standards
Cons
Highly dependent on EM Value creation is in doubt
"Great starting place for career"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at McKinsey & Company full-time for more than a year
Pros
Smart people, challenging work, great learning
Cons
Life style, balance can be challenging. Not great for people who don't like networking all the time
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