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
4.0
Mar 11, 2021

Great Place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Strong leadership, decent compensation structure.

Cons

Strong leadership, autocratic ownership, private equity.

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HKA Response
5y
Thank you for recommending HKA as a "Great Place to work" with a positive outlook. Your headline is wonderful to read, especially as you have been working with us for over eight years. Thank you so much for all of your contributions over the years; as you will have shaped the success of HKA and helped us with our continuous improvement. I was pleased to read your Pros of "Strong leadership, decent compensation structure" - thank you. We are not complacent and continue to work hard to make further progress in these areas. I am sorry that you don't appear to be a fan of our private equity (PE) approach. This is a shame as there are many benefits of having a PE Board; including their sharp commercial leadership that helps HKA to improve and of course their investment to help us improve further for our people and our clients. If you would find it helpful to talk more on this point; please do reach out to me and we can exchange views. Thank you so much again for posting. We value all opinions and learn from them. Finally please do keep well during these challenging times. Best regards Kate Wood Partner, Chief People Officer
4.0
Feb 26, 2021
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Pros

Generally good people, highly mentally engaging work

Cons

Sometimes very long hours, very high stress

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HKA Response
5y
Thank you so much for recommending HKA and for sharing your views on HKA. Thank you for saying we have "generally good people, highly mentally engaging work" - that was a wonderful statement to make and I certainly agree with you as HKA does have brilliant people to work with and the client work we are involved in is excellent. I am sorry you had to work long hours and you experienced high stress. I know to deliver to client deadlines we sometimes have to work long hours; although I really hope it is not a regular event. We are growing as a business and therefore having new and more people in our team, will help with the workload. We care very much about our colleagues' mental and physical health and especially during this pandemic. We hope with all of the actions we take we are supporting strong mental and physical health in HKA; as this is our number 1 priority. Our people make the difference; so we are doing all we can to care for them and support them. Thank you for working with us as a former employee/consultant in Chicago. Wherever you are in the world now, please do take care of you and thank you for working at HKA. Best regards Kate Wood Partner, Chief People Officer
4.0
Jul 9, 2018

Managing Consultant

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Pros

Continuing Education is supported. Has a strong team that works well together with strong mentorship. Good place to learn the business. Office location is very good. Projects are big and satisfying. For the first time in my career I was sad to resign.

Cons

They have moved away from defined salary packages. A promotion seldom means higher pay. Benefits get worst every year. People feel like they are not appriciated. My slowest career development was in HKA. However, I have learned so much while I was employed that it was not a set back to my career at all.

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HKA Response
5y
Thank you for scoring HKA with 4 stars out of 5 and for sharing your opinions as a former employee in Dubai. I realise you posted in July 2018 and I am replying to you in June 2021. Sincere apologies that we are only now replying to you. HKA is a continuous improvement organisation and we recently added replying to every HKA Glassdoor post as we do value opinions and look to learn from them. Thank you for posting positive Pros. You mentioned good support for ongoing education/learning, strong teams that work well together with good mentorship with big and satisfying projects. Thank you. Today, June 2021, we are retaining our brilliant people and we are growing and improving as a global professional services firm - which is very exciting and enjoyable. You noted also some Cons from your perspective. I respect these are your views and of course HKA has evolved and improved since July 2018; so perhaps unsurprisingly I see HKA differently to the list of Cons. My experience is:- - promotions come with decent salary increases and good recognition. We relish promoting talented colleagues and rewarding them - benefits are improving as we listen and consider what our colleagues value - our people are appreciated. We have brilliant people working at HKA who pull together to deliver for clients and for each other. I see leaders recognising and truly appreciating our people. I work very closely with our Continent Heads and our People Director based in Dubai and they passionately care and appreciate our people. I note that you worked at HKA for over three years. Thank you so much for your contributions to making HKA a great place to work. I hope you are well and safe, particularly during this pandemic. I also trust you are enjoying your career wherever you are now. Thank you again. Best regards Kate Wood Partner, Chief People Officer
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