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Korn Ferry

Item: Korn Ferry
Rating: 2.8
Author: Anonymous

55 Employee Ratings

55 Ratings

93% Verified

2.8

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Competitive Salaries

OTE at Korn Ferry for Enterprise Account Executives and Mid Market Account Executives is highly competitive compared to industry peers. View salaries

High Score for Base Compensation

Korn Ferry is in the 87th percentile for Base Compensation

Culture and Leadership

2.4

17th%of Staffing and Recruiting orgs

#76of 91 Staffing and Recruiting orgs

Base Compensation

3.8

87th%of Staffing and Recruiting orgs

#11of 91 Staffing and Recruiting orgs

Incentive Compensation Structure

2.8

26th%of Staffing and Recruiting orgs

#68of 91 Staffing and Recruiting orgs

Product - Market Fit

2.8

19th%of Staffing and Recruiting orgs

#74of 91 Staffing and Recruiting orgs

Professional Development and Training

2.7

28th%of Staffing and Recruiting orgs

#66of 91 Staffing and Recruiting orgs

Inbound Lead / Opportunity Flow

2.4

58th%of Staffing and Recruiting orgs

#38of 91 Staffing and Recruiting orgs

Diversity and Inclusion

2.7

18th%of Staffing and Recruiting orgs

#75of 91 Staffing and Recruiting orgs

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About Korn Ferry

kornferry.com

Staffing and Recruiting

Public

10,001+

Los Angeles, CA

Korn Ferry. Business Advisors. Career Makers. Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm. We work with our clients to design optimal organization structures, roles, and...More

Percent that Attain Quota?

of team members typically hit their quota

Staffing and Recruiting Industry Average

44%

Global Average

44%

What percent of sales reps hit quota at Korn Ferry?

Approximately 29% of reps at Korn Ferry meet or exceed their annual quota based on ratings submitted in the past year.

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Salaries

Job Role

Median Base Pay

Median OTE

Top Performer

Mid Market Account ExecutiveSalary data from 5 ratings

Base Pay$80k

OTE$215k

Top Performers$328k

Enterprise Account ExecutiveSalary data from 6 ratings

Base Pay$110k

OTE$210k

Top Performers$535k

Account ExecutiveSalary data from 7 ratings

Salaries at Korn Ferry

Reviews

Current Employee

2.3

Aug 27, 2025

If you're selling any of their training IP, know that these haven't been refreshed or updated (other than maybe updating the copyright from 2011 to 2025) in forever. The technology is also far behind both established competitors and start-ups. Executive leadership is a bad mix of arrogant and ignorant (they don't listen to the field, they come up with initiatives...Read More

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Former Employee

2.9

Aug 20, 2025

Korn Ferry Digital was going through some growing pains when i first joined the firm in 2018 (revolving door of leadership, outdated software/ products, no marketing for certain products, etc.), but they have recently brought in leadership from LinkedIn and other orgs to change its sales culture. They've also made investments in their product/ software, and have...Read More

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Anonymous Q&A

Anonymous Sales ProNov 23, 2023

Has demand environment improved recently? Saw the Korn Ferry just had a workforce reduction...

Current Korn Ferry EmployeeTop AnswerNov 23, 2023

1 Answer

Anonymous Sales ProSep 1, 2023

How challenging is it to achieve sales targets as a newly hired Account Executive at Korn Ferry?

Current Korn Ferry EmployeeTop AnswerSep 11, 2023

2 Answers

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Employee Ratings

93%

Job Categories

Account Executive

87%

Other

12%

Employee Status

Ratings submitted by current employees

51%

Ratings submitted by former employees

49%

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Korn Ferry has an overall employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 and a RepVue score of 72.35. They are ranked #61 out of all Staffing and Recruiting organizations.

Korn Ferry has a rating of 2.4 out of 5 for culture and leadership. They are ranked #5,055 in this category out of 6,191 companies.

Korn Ferry has a rating of 2.8 out of 5 for Product - Market Fit and is ranked #74 out of 91 Staffing and Recruiting companies.