LEK Consulting

Question

Hi Everyone:

As a premba associate what is the reputation of LEK? I know its not M/B/B but how does it fare with other consulting firms in terms of engagement opportunities, admittance to top b schools and brand?

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shadow · Answer

i don't know how it's viewed prestige-wise or in terms of exit opportunities, but i think they are supposed to have more of a work-life balance than you would get at a larger firm. for example, i think they travel minimally, whereas at a large firm you would be on the road pretty much every day. of course, this can be good or bad depending on how you look at it.

run4run · Answer

Hey guys,

does anyone with other experience want to chime in about this?

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Rubashov1 · Answer

I'd say LEK has a pretty good rep at B schools. A decent number of former LEKers, especially considering its smaller size, are at top schools.

run4run · Answer

Bump anymore information out there????

refurb · Answer

I have a friend who knows a couple that worked at LEK. I'm not sure how it compares to other consulting gigs, but they were putting in a TON of hours. Maybe 10-12 hours per day, some hours on the weekend?

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run4run · Answer

maybe I'm just misinformed but 10-12 hours of work a day for consulting does not seem like that much? What is common for consulting, I was under the impression average weeks were 60 but ranged from 50-85 on awful weeks is that off?

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Rubashov1 · Answer

I agree that 10-12 isn't a ton for consulting. 12 is getting there though. Various LEK people told me that they average 60+ hours/week, but that weeks of 80-90 were not uncommon.

LEK does a lot of private equity work, especially diligence stuff, so it tends to be a lot of very short, very intense projects with crazy hours. In some respects, it's like working for an investment bank but getting consulting pay.

They are also strong in life sciences (again, a lot of M&A, especially "screening" type of projects), which reflects the Boston headquarters, and apparently transportation (their Boston headquarters as of last October had a really cool case study on strategies for airports) and media.

aveekguha · Answer

Agree on the due diligence stuff -- heavy, heavy analytical.. they pride themselves on that. Very good work product Best of luck! Aveek Guha, President, www.mbadaycamp.com

Dawgie · Answer

https://www.vault.com/wps/portal/usa/ran ... regionId=0 Look at these rankings, looks solid in terms of prestige.

shaselai · Answer

kudos!

run4run · Answer

how much stake do people actually put in these rankings?

I know m/b/b are the tops and booz is a 4th, but with firms like accenture / EY PWC KPMG DT IBM they aren't really strategy consulting firms so I don't really know how to process the rankings

Dawgie · Answer

Actually, Deloitte Consulting does strategy consulting.

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