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One think I did appreciate about McKinsey is how they will advise anyone. Left-wing dictators, right-wing dictators, normal governments, big tech small tech, ba
by trustno2 2y ago
One think I did appreciate about McKinsey is how they will advise anyone. Left-wing dictators, right-wing dictators, normal governments, big tech small tech, banks, you name it.
There is something freeing with "it's just money"... you don't question their political loyalties or how they are affiliated - they don't care, they just want cash.
Unfortunately actually working with them made me realize they are kind of useless and their main value is that they can produce a lot of powerpoint presentations, and eat an infinite amount of money per slide.
In my opinion/experience they are not evil, they are just useless. But YMMV
- wazoox 2y agoThe core of their mission is making people in responsibility unaccountable. Some government will pay McKinsey to advise them on some brain-dead policy, and when the policy inevitably fails they can say "we consulted the experts and followed their advice", doubled with "every other government followed the same expert advice". Typical "nobody was ever fired for buying IBM / Microsoft" mindset.