Interesting company, poor middle management! - Anonymous employee Control Risks Employee Review

2.0
Apr 23, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Dynamic activities and projects, interesting clients, nice office locations. Colleagues come from all walks of life and can be interesting to work with. Pretty flat organizational hierarchy, although it can be opaque sometimes. Co-located with joint venture partners that are actually friendly people!

Cons

Middle management has become way too sales-oriented, and expect employees to be sales robots. Office environment is very sterile (aka not friendly and warm). A lot of drama that is always caused by a few female employees makes the whole office environment very sour. Very quiet and not a friendly place to work. Annual bonus’ canceled year on year due to financial mismanagement. Little to no recognition for employees’ efforts.

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5.0
Mar 26, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great company to work for. Company cares about people on the personal level and are willing to help you grow.

Cons

Bonus scheme isn't the motivator they think it can be.

3.0
Jul 13, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

You spend 98% of your time working with and communicating with your client employer. If that's a good fit, it's wonderful.

Cons

If the client terminates your role, it's likely you'll be laid off by Control Risks - unless they have a very specific role in-house or with another client to offer to you. If you're laid off by CR, it's unlikely you'll be paid severance.

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