City & Guilds reviews

2.9

41% would recommend to a friend

(224 total reviews)
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Kirstie Donnelly

39% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

City & Guilds has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 224 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The City & Guilds employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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224 reviews
1.0
Oct 2, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people are friendly and nice for the most part. The pay and benefits are good.

Cons

Middle management which is unnecessary and doesn't contribute. A backward thinking attitude for the most part.

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City & Guilds Response
8y
Thank you for sharing your views and feedback. We’re sorry to hear you have had a bad experience with middle management. We’d really like to understand your concerns further and what we can do to help address them. If you are willing to be contacted please let us know at comments@cityandguildsgroup.com.
2.0
Jul 24, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's a nice office and the people are friendly. The company pays fairly well, although it's almost impossible to negotiate a salary increase unless you actually get promoted (even if you take on additional responsibility).

Cons

There is no accountability so people will constantly shirk responsibility or face no consequences for sometimes hugely costly mistakes which can be very demotivating. The people who do well here are people who are self-promoting and don't rock the boat. Getting ahead is all about getting friendly with senior management whilst it is rare for people to get promoted on merit. I know this is true to a certain extent for all companies but I've never worked somewhere where it's this bad. For a company who is always going on about skills development, they invest little in training up their own staff. As well as this, there is no cohesion between different departments, the lack of communication from senior management is staggering and the amount of bureaucracy you have to go through to just change a job title, get sign-off on a new project or advertise for a new position is beyond insane.

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City & Guilds Response
8y
Thank you for sharing your views. Our employees and the culture and environment in which they work as well as the opportunities made available to them are really important to us, so it’s disappointing to hear you feel this way. We’d really like to understand your concerns further and what we can do to help address them. If you’re willing to be contacted please let us know at comments@cityandguildsgroup.com.
2.0
May 22, 2014

Venerable institution, struggling with the modern world

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good mission of supporting quality vocational education, some good, well intentioned people working there, public / community sector vibe

Cons

Identity crisis regarding charitable mission, bureaucratic, public / community sector vibe

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