Based on LinkedIn, total number of McKinsey employees decreased by 10% in the last year. BCG went up 8%. Bain went up 4%.

Any ideas why McKinsey trended this way?

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McKinsey people deactivated LinkedIn and became overemployed.

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With all that spare time.

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I wouldn’t put much stock in LinkedIn numbers.

BCG headcount grew 3% from 2023 to 2024, not 8%. And I assume the other numbers are similarly off.

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It’s also driven by inorganic growth like acquisitions. So it could be that BCG laid off a lot but also acquired a few more firms!

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We grew organically

With that decrease in number of employees, staffing utilization are still on the same level as ‘22 and ‘23. Therefore you could guess …

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