Control Risks reviews about "colleague"

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1.0
Feb 7, 2021
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Pros

- Suffering together with colleagues brings about a mutual hatred towards the company that keeps your job hunt going -You will have an immense appreciation for the job you get after you leave

Cons

- Work is boring and repetitive. They will try to entice you and claim to be the "industry leader" that gets "many interesting projects". But this is just a scam. The reports (by all departments) are basically boilerplate text. Some projects can also be considered dodgy and unethical. - Turnover rate is incredibly high. Company is hemorrhaging employees - I genuinely cannot remember how many people I have seen leave, be it by choice or as sacrificial lambs who get pushed out due to the incompetence of management. This company does not know how to retain talent. Everyone is just a replaceable number for them - Going against the norm is detrimental to your career. Management will always encourage you to speak up, and share your problems, issues etc. The moment you do, the responses are either "Oh I had no idea" or "This is out of my control I wish I can help but.." At the end of the day, all they care about is making money - and the well being of employees are really not valued one bit. I have seen so many people who speak up get ostracized and punished for it. So what happens? People lay low, keep quiet, and just continue the job hunt. - Enlightened leadership does not exist here. The place is being led by folks who only care about money. They care way more about their lavish partner retreats, about their sales targets and bonuses, than the well being of the people that work hard for them. We suffer, so so much, for their expat lifestyles, while they literally contribute nothing whatsoever. The behavior of management during the covid period especially, is really alarming. They are also willing to throw junior employees under the bus when things go wrong. - Last but not least: bamboo ceiling. If you are not male, if you are not white, forget about opportunities in leadership. If you are a non-white female, dont even bother. No one in the management is Asian, despite the whole existence of the office is to handle the Asian market.

5.0
Oct 2, 2021
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Pros

Some very talented colleagues and interesting projects.

Cons

Progression can sometimes be slow.

4.0
Aug 14, 2021

My Favourite Employer

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Pros

Great work environment; Nice colleagues; Okay pay; Health insurance; annual bonus; career advancement opportunities; Objective appraisal

Cons

The job can sometimes be risky with too much travel to volatile environments in conflict prone areas of the world

1.0
Feb 3, 2021
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Pros

- Good benefits, including private healthcare - Everyone is a similar age, so colleagues can become great friends. - You will have an immense appreciation for the job you get after you leave.

Cons

Working in threat intelligence there feels like you're back at secondary school. Firstly, all of your work gets marked out of 10 in an opaque contradictory process. Second, the "management" choose a select few to join their clique and put on the non-transparent path to promotion. The management have no experience in managing people and are out of their depth. They are haemorrhaging employees - 11 have left in the last year in a team of about 26. The "Researcher" position is constantly advertised on LinkedIn as they are desperate to backfill for the people they've lost. Sometimes they held sessions to chat about how things were going and areas for improvement. You quickly realised that anyone who provided constructive feedback would be punished with bad scores or mean comments being made about them amongst management. I still cannot believe some of the comments I heard from them about junior colleagues. The only way to survive is to keep your head down, stay "in" with the cliquey management and definitely don't be honest if anyone asks you for feedback on how you find the process. Aside from the toxic environment, the work is interesting for the first few months and most of the people are great. After a while, you hit a ceiling for the OSINT/ intelligence skills you can gain and then the only direction is to take on more responsibility in admin, recruitment or training new starters. The work is dogged in technicalities with every meeting introducing new guidance that will be scrapped the next week. Also, the salary is not enough to survive comfortably in London - salt in the wound when the management bragged about how much money threat intel brings into the firm.

3.0
May 24, 2021

Really interesting work

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Pros

Friendly colleagues and interesting work

Cons

Lack of career opportunities and opaque salary structure

4.0
Jan 31, 2021

Great culture

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Pros

Really interesting work projects and fantastic colleagues

Cons

None I can think of

4.0
Feb 15, 2021

Great employer

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Pros

Flexible working arrangements and really friendly colleagues

Cons

No real downside to working here

5.0
Jun 30, 2021
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Pros

A leading global risk consultancy which is making the transition from good to great under strong executive leadership which puts people, diversity and inclusion front and centre. Pros include intelligent, diverse and engaged colleagues; interesting work which makes a real positive difference; opportunity to advise top tier clients; good work life balance; flexibility and a strong senior leadership team.

Cons

The London Office needs refurbishing to reflect the shift to modern working practices i.e. offices as collaboration spaces.

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