LHH reviews

Where do I begin. As a larger company, LHH is a great company. Its London base however, needs a good clear out. This company went from an exciting place to work to having us dread stepping inside the building. It went from caring about people to only looking at where to cut costs. It went from being truthful with their image to attempting to keep up appearances and failing monumentally. As an organisation that helps other organisations support their people, they need to start practicing what they preach. It is very apparent the strain everyone there feels due to the workload and the way relationships have deteriorated over the years. This company is simply too ironic. They go to large companies and say that they can help them train their executive teams to better manage challenges with employees, manage change and be better equipped to do their jobs. However, internally, this company is failing at those exact same things.

The outplacement industry is one where you really can go the extra mile to "make a difference", as the LHH tagline goes... Unfortunately the tagline is as FAR as it goes. No extra care or consideration is extended to clients, the only thing that matters is the bottom line. So if you're in this industry or thinking about it, in order to try and help people, find another company. There are some who genuinely do care. Speaking of "genuinely caring", I think it's telling that the CEO has been writing about how to make sure that those leaving your company aren't left with a bitter taste in their mouth... And yet, here we are on Glassdoor with several reviews strongly suggesting experiences to the contrary. Now, I myself have had a fairly pleasant leaving experience because I happened to have the leverage to negotiate an exit on my own terms, but I can think of dozens of people who have been treated incredibly badly by this company, having been made redundant. By a company who are supposed to be experts in this field! The level of irony is matched only by the sheer hubris of senior management in thinking that their poor people management skills won't come back to bite them.