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Iā€™m always amazed that people think we work in a linear and ideal world. Being on both sides is quite common at firms this big. Not saying itā€™s right, but itā€™s the reality.

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Well, the way McKinsey has spoken about Russiaā€¦.

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Why read the article and deal in facts when you can just pile on big bad McKinsey?

The ā€˜if you work at McK youā€™re partly responsibleā€™ is my favorite post. 10/10 šŸ‘

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In before:
It's not what it looks like
It's not a big deal
It's out of context
Axe to grind
Everybody does it
Y'all hate us cuz you ain't us

Forgot the:
It's ok for Russian consultants to be unethical in Russia

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As much as I think McK has a governance issue, I'm surprised anyone is surprised about this. What'd you all expect the russian consultants in the Moskau office be working on? NGOs and startups?

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Serious question - do Russian partners run the consulting gauntlet first or do firms just hire the most connected people?

I realize connections also matter a great deal elsewhere, but seems to me with Russiaā€™s economy being so heavily state owned it might be a bit different.

If u work at McKinsey you are partly responsible

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I'm shocked šŸ™„

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Man, yā€™all really love letting McK live rent-free in your minds huh. Itā€™s a global company and looks like the article even says thereā€™s no evidence a conflict of interest was present, and that other companies work with Russian entities as wellā€¦ But apparently what sets McK apart is that people love hating on them

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All McK defenders on the thread, I agree it is ludicrous to expect McKā€™s russian entity to not work with russian state owned firms, anf the article also has it buried deep that other pro serv firms do this too. That said, given the # of governqnce misses McKinsey has had lately, people have no problem believing the headline means McK did comething wrong. Instead of focusing on the noise, McK needs to fix the governance problem at hand

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You do realize itā€™s possible for people to both be fixing the problem and addressing the noise at the same time right? Besides, Iā€™m willing to bet a number of the ā€œMcK defendersā€ here arenā€™t the ones with the power to actually fix governance structure or only have limited power to do so (e.g., donā€™t even work there, arenā€™t partners).

Anyways, reporters will always over-index on the most sensational things they can find, which usually means they over-index on scrutinizing the top names in any field.

My understanding is they stopped after the war broke out though?

Letā€™s just agree McK is evil and move on.

Letā€™s make mckinsey great again

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