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Suicide at Mckinsey

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am 17. März 2024
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It's a really sad thing that happened. 

To my knowledge, they respond whenever any such significant events take place. Presumably, they haven't yet had the chance, or they are not aligned in terms of what they would like to communicate. 

There are multiple changes already ongoing (I mentioned some of them in the articles below), but there is certainly space for more improvement:

Best,
Cristian

Dennis
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am 18. März 2024
Roland Berger|Project Manager and Recruiter|7+ years of consulting experience in USA and Europe

This is terrible news. No job is worth jeopardizing your health, let alone your life. Any one job/career is just not important enough in the grander scheme of things. So if a job (or its environment) make you miserable, then you have to remove yourself from that and quit. Ultimely, you work so that you can enjoy life more - and not lose your life over it.

There are many other job opportunities out there, especially for people with experience in consulting. This is meant as a general statement, not specific to McK. 

Many consulting firms have tried to address the work-life balance topic over the last years but, understandably, in their own selfish interest to keep the workforce “productive”, not necessarily to make everyone feel “good”. Consulting is project work measured in ever-expanding sales targets for the partners running these firms. The whole concept is inherently stressful. So I wouldn't expect that to change.

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Ian
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am 18. März 2024
Top US BCG / MBB Coach - 5,000 sessions |Tech, Platinion, Big 4 | 9/9 personal interviews passed | 95% candidate success

Hi there,

Read about this.

Absolutely tragic. And, not surprising.

There is a ton of mental illness in these places and they are insanely stressful environments.

If anyone is reading this, working at these types of firms, and you have already tried many things (holiday, breaks, “survival” tips, etc.), just quit. It's not worth it if you are truly struggling.

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Alberto
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am 18. März 2024
Ex-McKinsey AP | Professional MBB Coach | +13yrs experience | +2,000 real interviews | +150 offers

Don't mix responding to a relevant event and going public about it.

In my experience McKinsey takes any kind of incident seriously and professionally. There are internal mechanisms to deal with these situations. Important incidents are on top of top management agenda at McKinsey.

Best,

Alberto

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Pedro
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am 17. März 2024
Bain | EY-Parthenon | Former Principal | 1.5h session | 30% discount 1st session

They usually do not ignore such incidents (between being the right thing to do, and also being a reputation risk one needs to address, it is not something they ignore). 

An investigation should happen. It is usually a matter of making sure that the right safeguards are in place - the job is tough, but shouldn't lead to this, and mental health issues should not be ignored.

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