Control Risks reviews

3.5

69% would recommend to a friend

(608 total reviews)

Bill Udell

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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
1.0
Jun 13, 2017

Exploitation of man by man

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It has a good methodology for analysis given its long experience working with some of the biggest companies in the world in some of the most challenging political and security environments.

Cons

In order to sustain high profit margins, the company is grossly understaffed for the workload. All the onus is put on analysts for the delivery of the final reports (with little or no supervision by higher management). This requires working a lot of overtime (not paid), including weekends. Notwithstanding the long working hours, significant pressure is also put on mid-level staff to bring in new clients, enhancing even more the stress level. This being said, partners and higher management seldom supervise projects or collaborate effectively to increase the client base.

3.0
Jun 6, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

One of the best companies in the industry for quality and service. Top class capabilities and very strong ethics. Attracts talented, smart people from around the world. Daily intake of problem solving for clients, so very stimulating intellectually. Can move around the company on client work or relocation. Pretty relaxed culture, diversity is improving.

Cons

Because the company offers amazing work and people, it gets away with mediocre financial and career rewards. Promotions and salaries are non transparent. Can pay 70-80%of market rate (Lomdon) for consulting and manager roles if promoted internally (vs external hires). New partnership structure still in early days - middle mngt squeezed til they drop to pay for the senior coverage. Many partners bring in zero money - its all down to low paid consultants to keep the lights on.

4.0
May 19, 2017

Marketing Manager

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Flexibility and good work-life balance

Cons

it's a small company so it's difficult to grow. There's not much diversity

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