Control Risks reviews

3.5

69% would recommend to a friend

(608 total reviews)

Bill Udell

Not enough data to show CEO approval

49% positive business outlook

Control Risks has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 608 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Control Risks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Administración y consultoría industry (3.7 stars).

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608 reviews
2.0
Oct 19, 2014
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Pros

Usually has decent working hours, small team so there is a decent variety of work, opportunity to take part in each stage of the project life cycle.

Cons

Poor management, lack of real expertise, sales focus, not family friendly, inconsistent goals that change with changes in leadership, poor staff retention, brain drain. I did not feel I learned that much from the people I worked with, there was very much a "work it out for yourself" mentality.

5.0
Oct 16, 2014

Consultant

Recommend
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Pros

Excellent company with very bright people

Cons

Has great reputation but little brand awareness outside of standard business

2.0
Sep 1, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

+Really interesting and diverse work, dealing with major companies as clients +Diverse staff - colleagues come from fascinating backgrounds - this enriches the company's culture (journalists, academics, security personnel, compliance specialists, etc.) +Genuinely talented and caring middle management +Potential to provide innovative solutions to clients

Cons

-Opaque pay structure, which results in people with the same experience, same work ethic, and capacity being paid wildly different salaries. Overall, the salaries are far from being market competitive. -Opaque promotion mechanisms. People are being held back for no clear personal or business reason, while promotion procedures sometimes feel like a moving target. There is a general lack of structure for professional development and growth in some departments. Even really ambitious and motivated people eventually give up in trying to understand how it works. -The company has lost a large number of junior staff in the last year, largely due to the above points. Instead of regrouping and developing a better approach on how to retain talented staff, the company has started raising non-compete clauses against junior staff as a punitive measure for those leaving and a warning for those considering leaving.

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