Does Control Risks pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Control Risks employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Control Risks. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Control Risks?

69% of Control Risks employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Control Risks 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Control Risks?

Consultant (48) , Researcher (48) , Senior Consultant (40) , Associate Consultant (26) , Analyst (22) , Intern (22) , Associate Director (19) , Director (19) , Manager (16) , Partner (11) , Internship (8) , Associate (6) , Embedded Consultant (6) , Intelligence Analyst (6) , Project Coordinator (6)

What are the pros of working at Control Risks according to real employee reviews?

"Great people to work with" ((in 82 reviews)); "Many activities happen all at once so busy work days with interesting projects and great colleagues" ((in 69 reviews)); "Great culture, many different characters, big name MNC clients" ((in 40 reviews)); "1) Flexible Working Hours: Good work life balance which allows to manage professional and personal responsibilities effectively" ((in 24 reviews)); "Good benefits, including private healthcare" ((in 22 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Control Risks according to real employee reviews?

"Salaries low compared to other consultancies" ((in 37 reviews)); "Senior management are clowns." ((in 15 reviews)); "Career progression appears slow (for full" ((in 15 reviews)); "They hire managers not for their expertise, but to bring money, so you end up working for a manager who is incompetent and has no knowledge of the actual practice, only know how to sell work." ((in 13 reviews)); "Lack of diversity" ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about Control Risks layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Control Risks layoffs and their outlook for job security at Control Risks in 2026.

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49% positive business outlook

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3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Culture & values

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.3

Senior management

3.2

Career opportunities

3.0

Compensation and benefits

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85 reviews

2.0

Apr 17, 2022

Toxic Work Place

Intelligence researcher

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- High profile client work. - Sociable teams. - Young teams.

Cons

- Toxic work environment:felt very "high school". - Success in team depended on being liked. - No support for or awareness of mental health despite emotionally challenging and provoking work. - Poor guidance to carry out assessments; ad hoc review of work with contradictions. - Treated like school children and work reviewed out of a score of 10- very patronising. -Poor pay. - Controversial work.

3.0

Apr 21, 2022

No work life balance and you are severely underpaid for it

Senior consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting, colleagues, projects and clients

Cons

Really bad pay, no recognition of efforts

4.0

Jul 5, 2022

Good people, but the pay is meh...

Partner

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people are great. The environment is collaborative. The mission is good.

Cons

The pay is super low. The growth is slow.

4.0

Sep 16, 2021

Great place to start work as an analyst

Embedded analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Good entry level opportunities with potential for growth. -Good pay and benefits.

Cons

-Opportunities for advancement may be unclear at times. -Lack of communication between liaisons and analysts

2.0

Aug 8, 2022

Trying to compete with top 4 but could not

Associate director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Descent Pay and bonus and medical benefits

Cons

Crazy, insane working hours. Just when you think you are billing more than what they ask for, you are required to bring in new business. That's sales on top of billing crazy hours.

2.0

May 27, 2022

Work experience

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay, benefits, and opportunities that are provided are the the biggest pros for working for CR.

Cons

They are extremely unprofessional and all they care about is keeping the client satisfied.

5.0

Aug 9, 2022

Investigation manager

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing team, good benefits, good pay

Cons

Remote working, not good team dynamics

3.0

May 12, 2022

Good place overall but lots of room for improvement

Analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very interesting work projects on a recurring basis Talented and interesting colleagues Environment is generally amicable Supportive culture overall

Cons

Office politics can be astonishing. Your experience in the company is very much dependent on your line manager. Arbitrariness and opacity noticed in major company decisions, HR department. Very poor pay. Not for financially-driven individuals A global company that treats employees differently, depending on their location.

3.0

Sep 1, 2022

Really interesting work, but unstructured

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Interesting work : a great variety of work products - Great exposure: working with the executives from the world's largest companies - Smart colleagues - Good medical benefits in China (but also low pay!)

Cons

- Poor leadership, lots of politics at the top and mid-management level - Managers shield responsibilities and always blame subordinates first when mistakes occur - Long work hours (9 am to 12am is common) - Unstructured organization culture, slow promotion, opaque career path - Consultants / analysts claim to be "experts" after a 2-page reading research report by interns and a couple of news articles

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Toxic Work Place

No work life balance and you are severely underpaid for it

Good people, but the pay is meh...

Great place to start work as an analyst

Trying to compete with top 4 but could not

Work experience

Investigation manager

Good place overall but lots of room for improvement

Really interesting work, but unstructured

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