Control Risks London reviews

3.5

73% would recommend to a friend

(165 total reviews)

Bill Udell

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43% positive business outlook

Employees in London have given Control Risks a rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 165 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most employees have a good working experience in London. The Control Risks employee rating in London is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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165 reviews
3.0
Jun 9, 2015

In all fairness...

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Pros

Extremely interesting work, early exposure to clients, very little micro-management, good office location and plenty of opportunities to travel. A generally very friendly working environment among highly educated and interesting people from all sorts of backgrounds.

Cons

Poor salary with zero transparency over how salaries are determined, no willingness to listen to (or help) staff struggling with (sometimes, impossible) workloads, very little voiced appreciation for good work, no concern over work-life balance or respect for leave time and weekends. Misleading pledges over career development and promotion.

2.0
Sep 1, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

+Really interesting and diverse work, dealing with major companies as clients +Diverse staff - colleagues come from fascinating backgrounds - this enriches the company's culture (journalists, academics, security personnel, compliance specialists, etc.) +Genuinely talented and caring middle management +Potential to provide innovative solutions to clients

Cons

-Opaque pay structure, which results in people with the same experience, same work ethic, and capacity being paid wildly different salaries. Overall, the salaries are far from being market competitive. -Opaque promotion mechanisms. People are being held back for no clear personal or business reason, while promotion procedures sometimes feel like a moving target. There is a general lack of structure for professional development and growth in some departments. Even really ambitious and motivated people eventually give up in trying to understand how it works. -The company has lost a large number of junior staff in the last year, largely due to the above points. Instead of regrouping and developing a better approach on how to retain talented staff, the company has started raising non-compete clauses against junior staff as a punitive measure for those leaving and a warning for those considering leaving.

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