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 (9) , 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 84 reviews)); "Many activities happen all at once so busy work days with interesting projects and great colleagues" ((in 65 reviews)); "Great culture, many different characters, big name MNC clients" ((in 42 reviews)); "Great team and people to work with" ((in 23 reviews)); "Good benefits, including private healthcare" ((in 22 reviews))

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

"Low salary and no significant raises per year" ((in 36 reviews)); "no bonus or pay rises" ((in 15 reviews)); "Career progression appears slow (for full" ((in 15 reviews)); "Senior management are clowns." ((in 13 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 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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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

Ratings by category

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

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

Jan 17, 2019

Partnership change has damaged company character

Anonymous employee

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Business Outlook

Pros

Good people everywhere, hugely diverse skill sets. Great London location, same in most other offices.

Cons

Change to a partnership model has ruined what used to be the defining characteristics of the company - it was 'employee owned', now it's owned by a handful of employees and it's very much us and them. It's just another corporate consultancy now - it was always a home for those who were a bit different from that, and now it just wants robots who can repeat buzzwords.

3.0

Jan 8, 2019

Relatively interesting, totally team dependent, opaque career development.

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Interesting work to research. Getting paid to read the news. Working with really smart, well-travelled people, based all over the world. Flexible working opportunities and fine hours. Some travel and research opportunities.

Cons

Overall, appears to rely on working young, smart people hard for a few years to create analysis that more senior members promote and sell. Not a lot of clear training opportunities for younger members. Not great money and really opaque pay and promotion structures. Really high HR turnover and a bit of a member's club mentality means that grievances are difficult to lodge. Managers heavily direct the ethos of their teams. There is little apparent centralised control over them, meaning that their personalities heavily affect their teams working environments, and also how much feedback and training their teams receive.

2.0

Dec 26, 2018

Mediocre pay

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good life and work balance

Cons

The more junior people do the real work for mediocre pay. The senior executives who have been there a long time - a few have attended a 3 day Harvard course and now list it under ‘education’ at LinkedIn - have not been in front of a client for the past decade. It’s a security firm that thinks of itself as McKinsey. Few share the view

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