Exciting growth potential! - Chief Operating Officer HKA Employee Review

5.0
Jan 28, 2021
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Pros

A company going places, that has invested a lot of time and energy into enhancing and improving over the last few years. There is a real commitment to people (diversity, inclusion and development) and client quality / technical excellence - this has taken time to develop and get right but now it is a very different company to where it was 2-3 years ago - and the colleagues in HKA really recognise this through the feedback given in the annual employee survey and the amazing engagement / support given particularly through the Covid year of 2020. I'm particularly excited about how collaborative everyone is and how committed the Board is to innovation.

Cons

A small company growing big always has growing pains - but nothing that undermines the quality of the people, business and delivery to clients

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HKA Response
5y
Thank you for recommending HKA and for saying "exciting growth potential"...always good to read. We appreciate you taking your time to share your valuable views, as a current employee and COO of HKA. Thank you. Having been here for the last few years, you have contributed, helped and seen the continuous improvement that continues to occur at HKA. Delighted you joined us and are part of our team helping to move us further forward. As you know, we are not complacent and we do know the areas that we need to improve further on. Thankfully we have a Board, CEO and ExCom who believe in equality, diversity and inclusion and we have passionate and smart colleagues who want to help us go faster on our equality, diversity and inclusion journey. Still room for improvement within HKA on equality, diversity and inclusion and also we need/want to encourage more diverse people to join our professions from schools/universities etc. I totally agree with your advice to Management and all the evidence points to us being focused on our People. I think your advice is particularly poignant as I think it is our people that make the difference to our clients and to making HKA a great place to work. Thank you again. Onwards and upwards we go! Best regards Kate Wood Chief People Officer

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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We’re pleased to hear that you’ve found HKA to be a great place to work, with strong development opportunities and potential for growth. Supporting career progression and helping our people build fulfilling careers is a key priority for us. We also appreciate your honest comments around work–life balance. The nature of our work can at times be demanding, and we recognise the importance of effective workload management and open conversations with managers to help maintain balance. This is something we continue to focus on and improve across the business. Thank you again for sharing your experience.
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Great, friendly working culture and environment

Cons

Can be quite busy and hard to plan around expecations from the client.

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HKA Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback and giving a 4 of of 5 star rating. We’re really pleased to hear that you’ve experienced our friendly and supportive working culture — it’s something we’re proud of and actively strive to maintain across all our teams. We also appreciate your honest comments about workload and the challenges of planning around client expectations. As a client-focused business, periods of high demand can arise, but we recognize the importance of helping our people manage this effectively. We are continually working to improve project planning, communication, and resourcing to better support our colleagues and promote a healthy balance. Feedback like yours is invaluable in helping us improve, so thank you again for sharing your experience. Chris Bernard Partner, Global people Recruitment and Equality
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