HKA reviews

4.5

86% would recommend to a friend

(173 total reviews)
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Renny Borhan

99% approve of CEO

86% positive business outlook

HKA has an employee rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 173 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The HKA employee rating is 21% above average for employers within the Management & Beratung industry (3.7 stars).

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173 reviews
5.0
Jan 28, 2021

HKA is developing

Recommend
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Pros

Collegiate (not perfect, but works hard at it), Top quality global work, Working to develop a genuine (not just tickbox) EDI approach

Cons

Not as well known (yet!) as it should be outside construction, clearly some prior issues (I wouldn't have joined if I felt the Glassdoor reviews reflected the current firm)

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HKA Response
5y
Thank you so much for recommending HKA and for your "HKA is developing" headline. We really appreciate you sharing your views as a current employee/Partner in our London office. Good to read that you think we are collegial. "Top quality global work, working to develop a genuine (not just tickbox) equality, diversity and inclusion approach". I have been at HKA roughly the same time as you and I agree with your points. I also think you are right in your points under "Cons" and "Advice to Management" - we do need to do more to be better known and promote the positive and ongoing progress in HKA. Thank you for all you are doing to help HKA continue to improve. I passionately believe it is our people that make the difference. We know what more we have to do and our collaboration across the HKA world is excellent and is helping us to achieve fast and great progress. Thank you. Keep well too, particularly during this challenging pandemic times. Best regards Kate Wood Partner, Chief People Officer
1.0
Dec 27, 2020

Avoid

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Pros

There are some good people at HKA. Opportunity to work on some big , complex and interesting disputes.

Cons

Top heavy, inconsistent, egotistical managers/partners. Trying to act like a major player - but are failing. Senior experts are always leaving. Likely to be sold now it is 5 years old.

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HKA Response
5y
Thank you for sharing your view on HKA as you posted as former employee. Your post is important and deserves a reply. Thank you for your positive comments about HKA. Delighted that you felt HKA had “There are some good people at HKA. Opportunity to work on some big, complex and interesting disputes.” I can very much agree with you that HKA has brilliant people and we do have most interesting client work across the globe. Our employee retention rate is very strong and thankfully as HKA is innovative and a resilient Company, we are in fact in growth mode to recruit more brilliant people. I was very sad to read parts of your post and I am sorry you feel this way about HKA. I respect that this is your view; notwithstanding that I do see HKA differently and I am surprised to read the cons points in your post, as that is not my experience/fact base during the last eight months in HKA. I truly believe we have a great Company with brilliant people. We are on a progressive journey of improvement and we are not complacent as there are areas where we need and want to improve. We are backed by a Private Equity Company and that has been extremely positive for us and continues to challenge us to improve. In addition our Partners and all our colleagues collaborate to push HKA in an even better direction; so we go into 2021 in a strong way with healthy ambitions for the future. Do always feel free to reach out to me if you would like to share your experience further; and I am most willing to listen – my work email is katewood@hka.com Wishing you all the very best for the future in your new career step. Best regards Kate Wood Chief People Officer
4.0
Dec 14, 2020

Good but changing...

Recommend
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Pros

Founders were great, interesting projects and good support

Cons

second tier leaders not so good...

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HKA Response
5y
Thank you for posting as a former employee of HKA. We welcome all views, as we then can consider the feedback and look to improve further. Part of our continuous improvement journey, now includes us reviewing every post on Glassdoor. Great to read that you think " Founders were great, interesting projects and good support ". Thank you also for recommending HKA to others - we appreciate your support. You made a constructive challenge - thank you - about "second tier leaders not so good" . I respect that this is your view and of course that every person will have their own opinion on leaders across HKA. I can say that I do think we have brilliant people at HKA and also we are developing our people further, including our leaders, as we continue to support them to grow at HKA both personally and professionally. Thank you so much again for sharing your views on HKA. Stay safe and keep well, particularly during this pandemic times. Wishing you well in your new Company. Have a great 2021. Best regards Kate Wood Chief People Officer
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