Great exposure and growth, expect long hours - Associate Kearney Employee Review

5.0
18 Sept 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Exposure to high-profile projects and clients across industries, collaborative boutique culture, you get to know familiar faces pretty quickly. Access to global resources, knowledge bases, and internal training. Also access to ChatGPT enterprise is great.

Cons

Work-life balance can be challenging, with long hours, sudden travel and shifting priorities. Last minute proposal/RFP/RFI submissions which feel haphazardly put together at times.

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5.0
8 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The role helps build strong research, communication, and analytical skills.

Cons

Some tasks may also be repetitive depending on the project stage.

1.0
16 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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