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Management Solutions

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3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(701 total reviews)
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Alfonso Serrano-Suñer

90% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Management Solutions has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 701 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Management Solutions 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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701 reviews
1.0
Jul 5, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

They only have one client, but it is a well known international bank (Santander). Working for such a big client is interesting for one or two years and looks very good on your CV.

Cons

Extremely low starting salary and long hours. Only work with one client. Not a strong consultancy name to have on your CV. No pension fund or dental insurance. I've been told you do not get a bonus in your first two years and you can get a bonus of 1 or 2 thousand pounds after your third year... no comments. Locally hired graduates only stay for a maximum of one or two years (the time it takes them to find another job), the rest of the office are Spanish expats who have their flats in London paid and high daily expenses. After a few years they buy a house in Madrid with all the money they have earned and go back to Spain, then the company sends new expats. In the mean time new locals get hired every year because they need to substitute those that leave. Just terrible, nearly pathetic. I was lied during the interview process about the number of clients. They try to make you sign then you see the truth. I wish you had not lied to me. Lately HR is trying to compensate for all the bad reviews the company has received here in Glassdoor and are posting good reviews every two weeks (check reviews with 4 stars in 2014), trying to cover up is even worse.

3.0
Jun 18, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You will know lots of very high-cualified people, and (sometimes) will work in projects that will test yourself, forcing you to learn lots of new things about the industry. This will give you a lot of skills to the future, and you will learn quickly. In your first months you can be in front of a client, or leading a meeting. Salary is good comparing with the rest of the companies, and even the consultancy ones. Each year your salary is increased 10-15%.

Cons

Lots of hours of working. Sometimes caused by the project, but other by your bosses: some of them wouldn't let you go to home because "consultants work a lot of hours", even when there is no work at all to do. Your life-quality will depend on the project you end: if you end in a very bad project, you will spend your time doing silly and boring things that clients don't want to do (so they hire a consultant). If you are lucky, you will end soon, but in the worst cases you won't go home early; if you end in an interesting project, this will mean (almost sure) that you will have a lot of work, but in the end you will learn a lot of interesting things, ending at home later than 22:00 pm (in some cases at 2-3 morning, the record is to see the daybreak at the office [calm, this is not the common case]); and if you are incredibly lucky, you will have a very interesting project, and you will end your working day at 19:00... (¿where are those projects? But seriously, they exist...).

3.0
May 24, 2014

Good experience in risk management

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great opportunities to learn from financial risks and working close to the customer. Work with young people and with enthusiasm.

Cons

Too focused on two or three clients. You have to sacrifice the work/life balance. No strategy projects in this company.

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