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McKinsey: The Group Secretly Running Every Company (And Government?)

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There’s a secret, parasitic consulting firm at the heart of nearly every industry in America.

They’re responsible for the worst corporate “best practices” — lay-offs, safety cuts, price-gouging.

We uncovered how McKinsey is waging a secret war on the working class.
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20 Comments

@FreedomJane-bx4um 2 years ago

Optimist: The glass is half full.
Pessimist: The glass is half empty.
McKinsey: Use a smaller glass.

@joecummings1260 2 years ago

I got fired from a job as the head mechanic for a trucking company 30 years ago. The CEO said that I wasn't working hard enough. He said that all the previous mechanics were rebuilding engines, transmissions, drive axles, etc all the time and that I wasn't doing that. I wasn't doing all those heavy repairs because the trucks were not breaking, they were all out on the road working. Stupid me, I thought I was there to reduce breakdowns.

@yrp237 2 years ago

Thanks for this. I'm 60 and have been watching McKinsey destroy companies for most of my career & never get blamed for anything. They are a horrible cancer in our economy.

@FullLifePursuit 1 year ago

Consultants are usually a sign a company is looking for an excuse to do less than moral things instead of simply listening to their workers on suggestions for improvement.

@andreunz 2 years ago (edited)

"I am an ex-McKinsey consultant from one of the European offices. All you mention here is absolutely true—and more. When I tried to act as a 'whistleblower,' they shut me down and put a line of silence, delay, and denial around it. I am happy to talk to you if you want to reach out."

@mikef8846 2 years ago

CEOs getting paid millions, and STILL they need to hire consulting firms to tell them what to do. You would think that for millions of dollars, a CEO could actually do the job themselves. Why are we paying CEOs so much money? For what?

@TalaAtTanagra 2 years ago (edited)

I worked for a large competitor of this company. I was a data analyst. They kept trying to fit the data to their conclusions rather than the other way around. They were creepy and exploitative.

There were some good people there, but they didn't last long. Most of the people at these places are...not people I'd ever choose to be around again.

@ericmiller931 1 year ago

Im 44 years old and this is my first time hearing about McKinsey. They do an excellent job staying out of the lime light.

@brianh9358 2 years ago

Deloitte is similar to McKinsey in many ways. Back in 2010 I worked for a bank and they paid Deloitte several million dollars to come in and tell them how to "improve" their business. The employees had been telling the leadership all along what needed to change, but Deloitte came in and said the same things and got a big payday for it. I anonymously had to vent about that one on the company feedback page.

@JustDearOldMom 2 years ago

So, they help corporate leeches be as leechy as possible.

@flyinpolack6633 2 years ago

Great reporting. The layers upon layers of corruption in this country is staggering!

@lasciviouspaine 1 year ago

the fact that this is all legal is a reflection of the value of an american citizen to their government

@Tacotaco121 2 years ago

“You worked for a company that was fixing bread prices” is such a cold line. Mayo Pete puckered up REAL quick

@MarioSpeedwaggen 2 years ago

Consultants are generally hired to come up with the solution that management already wants.

@Speed_of_Sloth 2 years ago

We need to clean up corporations. It's clear this company is working against average Americans.

@joao.porttella 1 year ago

To watch this after the Luigi incident, it just connects even more the dots

@camhunts 2 years ago

Love seeing real investigative journalism

@angelsy1975 2 years ago

I used to be a corporate consultant. My last job dealt with "dead peasant insurance" - a company putting life insurance on their officers and workforce to be paid out to the company, not to the family, as a method of raising capital in the event of death - and that was enough for me. I'm poor now, but at least I have self-respect.

@Swagnarock 2 years ago (edited)

Never ask
a man his salary
a woman her age
what a McKinsey consultant was doing with that pharma company

@onceuponadime978 1 year ago

I worked at walmart. They hired me part time. Theres a rule if u work more than so many weeks at 36 hours you become full time. I cant remmwber how many weeks it was but what i do remember is that they would work u 40 hrs a week until 1 week shy of that and then cut your hours to 15 or 20 hours a week for a few weeks then back to 40. That way they get to work you almost full time without the benefits. Thanks Mackenzie