HKA reviews

4.3

84% would recommend to a friend

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Steve Culp

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83% positive business outlook

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4.0
Mar 11, 2021

Great Place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Strong leadership, decent compensation structure.

Cons

Strong leadership, autocratic ownership, private equity.

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HKA Response
5y
Thank you for recommending HKA as a "Great Place to work" with a positive outlook. Your headline is wonderful to read, especially as you have been working with us for over eight years. Thank you so much for all of your contributions over the years; as you will have shaped the success of HKA and helped us with our continuous improvement. I was pleased to read your Pros of "Strong leadership, decent compensation structure" - thank you. We are not complacent and continue to work hard to make further progress in these areas. I am sorry that you don't appear to be a fan of our private equity (PE) approach. This is a shame as there are many benefits of having a PE Board; including their sharp commercial leadership that helps HKA to improve and of course their investment to help us improve further for our people and our clients. If you would find it helpful to talk more on this point; please do reach out to me and we can exchange views. Thank you so much again for posting. We value all opinions and learn from them. Finally please do keep well during these challenging times. Best regards Kate Wood Partner, Chief People Officer
1.0
Oct 18, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Brand, market recognition, availability of publications and invitations to marketing events.

Cons

Staff is undermined by Senior Management, who only seek sales and more sales. Performance reviews that "excel" are systematically "re-calibrated" by Senior Management to bring reviews/salaries down.

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HKA Response
5y
Thank you for sharing your opinion back in October 2019. I am so sorry that we are only now responding to your views. You will know that HKA has a continuous improvement approach to our organization, and we have recently agreed that every Glassdoor post will receive a reply. We take this action as we respect and value all opinions. Thank you also for everything you have done to help HKA to grow and improve. You are a current employee with over five years service - so thank you so much. I am sad to read that you don't view HKA very positively. Of course HKA has evolved/improved much since October 2019. If you still feel this way, do reach out to me as perhaps I can assist you? Also we have two Continent Heads, in Haroon and Jad who care very much about our colleagues in the Middle East; so always feel free to reach out to them too. Everything we are doing is to make HKA a great place for our brilliant people to work - so I am sad to read that you are not recommending HKA and therefore unlikely to be enjoying your career with us. Do reach out, I can listen and perhaps help you in some way. I do see HKA very differently to you, albeit that I respect these are your views back in 2019. I joined HKA in April 2020, and I experience colleagues who are passionate about our people and our clients. Promoted colleagues have had salary increases and been recognized for their achievements. Our people are staying with us and our people are the difference in HKA. I experience real collaboration and brilliant ideas coming from our people to make HKA even better. I can only hope that you too, have experienced the improvements in HKA and you are enjoying your work and experience with us now. Please do take care, particularly during this pandemic. If you would like to speak with me or email me...I am here to listen and support. My email is katewood@hka.com Best regards Kate Wood Partner, Chief People Officer.
4.0
Jul 9, 2018

Managing Consultant

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Pros

Continuing Education is supported. Has a strong team that works well together with strong mentorship. Good place to learn the business. Office location is very good. Projects are big and satisfying. For the first time in my career I was sad to resign.

Cons

They have moved away from defined salary packages. A promotion seldom means higher pay. Benefits get worst every year. People feel like they are not appriciated. My slowest career development was in HKA. However, I have learned so much while I was employed that it was not a set back to my career at all.

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HKA Response
5y
Thank you for scoring HKA with 4 stars out of 5 and for sharing your opinions as a former employee in Dubai. I realise you posted in July 2018 and I am replying to you in June 2021. Sincere apologies that we are only now replying to you. HKA is a continuous improvement organisation and we recently added replying to every HKA Glassdoor post as we do value opinions and look to learn from them. Thank you for posting positive Pros. You mentioned good support for ongoing education/learning, strong teams that work well together with good mentorship with big and satisfying projects. Thank you. Today, June 2021, we are retaining our brilliant people and we are growing and improving as a global professional services firm - which is very exciting and enjoyable. You noted also some Cons from your perspective. I respect these are your views and of course HKA has evolved and improved since July 2018; so perhaps unsurprisingly I see HKA differently to the list of Cons. My experience is:- - promotions come with decent salary increases and good recognition. We relish promoting talented colleagues and rewarding them - benefits are improving as we listen and consider what our colleagues value - our people are appreciated. We have brilliant people working at HKA who pull together to deliver for clients and for each other. I see leaders recognising and truly appreciating our people. I work very closely with our Continent Heads and our People Director based in Dubai and they passionately care and appreciate our people. I note that you worked at HKA for over three years. Thank you so much for your contributions to making HKA a great place to work. I hope you are well and safe, particularly during this pandemic. I also trust you are enjoying your career wherever you are now. Thank you again. Best regards Kate Wood Partner, Chief People Officer
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