Huntswood reviews

3.0

39% would recommend to a friend

(218 total reviews)

Martin Dodd

49% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Huntswood has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 218 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Huntswood employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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218 reviews
1.0
Apr 7, 2016

Data Gatherer

Anonymous employee
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Pros

None apart from I met some very nice contractors, whom all have now left Huntswood due to it being so poorly run.

Cons

This company are unprofessional and unfair. They treat workers like slaves, not people and expect them to be miracle workers to fix their mistakes. I must stress that I was a contractor working on the PPI Project at the Reading branch of Huntswood, I did not work for Huntswood as one of their staff. ALL the positive reviews on this site are from people that work directly for Huntswood, who are an a recruitment/consultant agency. Huntswood however, did hire me for this PPI job, and they lied about what the role was going to be, hiring me for one role then sticking me in a totally different role and they have this three month claw back fee which means if you leave early they take half your wages. Another point to make is that if you do not reach your daily target (yes, this is a targeted job, that is very difficult to achieve) you will NOT be paid. So if, for example, you have a really difficult case that you have opened that day and cannot close through no fault of your own you will NOT BE PAID. I found this completely ridiculous and truly unprofessional I really regret ever working for this company and would advise people avoid putting themselves through this kind of stress. Its really not worth it.

1.0
Mar 10, 2016

The worst place I've ever worked at

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Day rate (if you get paid)

Cons

Working hours Being paid on 'minutes' (you don't hit minutes - you don't get paid even though you might have been in th office for 60h) Management Promotions only for people that are friends with ops No respect Atmosphere

1.0
Jan 30, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing I can think of.

Cons

First and Second Line Huntswood Management is a mates club. They are generally contractors themselves who manage to ensure they and their roles are protected, with no concern or interest in what that approach does to those actually doing the work. They are entirely client-facing but not necessarily focused, they'll happily do what the client says even if they know it isn't the best approach. After all, every bad decision by the client means more remedial work and a longer contract.

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