How McKinsey Became One Of The Most Powerful Companies In The World

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When the most powerful executives in the world have a problem they just can’t crack, many of them turn to McKinsey – a prestigious and secretive consulting firm that has been influencing business and government decisions for decades. But now, as consumers require more transparency, the company has been thrust into the spotlight.

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How McKinsey Became One Of The Most Powerful Companies In The World

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  1. Former consultant here (not McKinsey) and I can verify this content. The "secret" to McKinsey's longevity and success is that it serves as resume builder for the unqualified/unremarkable Ivy League educated offspring of the ruling class whose main purpose is to tell top level executives whatever they want to hear.
    There are literally thousands of US consulting firms that achieve better results than McKinsey at a fraction of the cost, but they all lack the real secret of success, giving super-rich assholes a facade of competence.

  2. The report broadly slams offshoring manufacturing as wrong or evil. Offshoring reduces the prices of goods in the United States, which diminishes inflation. Meanwhile, it employs people in poor countries and helps those countries to develop.
    If workers in another country will make stuff for $5,000 a year, but an American worker costs $50,000, in part because we have a workforce shortage, offshoring can help our economy.
    Protecting inefficient American industries is not the answer. Instead, we should protect the workers from struggling personally if their industry has problems beyond the worker's control.

  3. McKinsey doesn't seem to care about conflicts of interests, and it's ridiculous that Democrat or Republicans have allowed them to be government consultants. We elect our leaders to lead and administer. It's not a job to be delegated to consultants.

  4. I am not surprised, but extremely disappointed.
    That being said the US Government should hire McKenzie to review the Postal System, and then bring them on for more! Until they are totally working for the United States completely! What McKenzie offers is actually needed as a National Department for the Government.
    Keep your enemy closer by hiring them.

  5. The thing about this is there are smart kids with no experience trying to make decisions they really don’t have experience to make. Plus, maybe 25% of the business success is strategy. Most of the outcome is driven by execution.

  6. Dear Mckinsey & Company employees and alumni,

    I discovered something sinister has been happening at McKinsey and Company for decades and no one noticed to report it.

    Since McKinsey & Company likes to pitt their workers against each other. It is time to turn the tables around .

    Has any of the workers noticed family members passing away right around the time you started working for McKinsey and Company?

    I discovered a pattern that about 75% of Employees working for McKinsey & Company for 2yrs and left…etc
    Family, relatives, associates have passed away especially many at young age.

    These are the patterns my husband and I are seeing while reviewing the data.

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