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
Jan 4, 2020

HKA

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Diversity of commissions and projects

Cons

Recent change of owners has resulted in a number of changes

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HKA Response
5y
Thank you so much for recommending HKA as a current employee based in Abu Dhabi. Thank you also for all you have done to help to make HKA successful and a continuously improving company. Great to read your comment "Diversity of commissions and projects" is a Pro. We certainly have great clients and good work to deliver; which brings great opportunities for our people. I note you posted in January 2020, so firstly apologies that I am only just replying to you now. One of the improvement changes that we have brought in is to reply to every post on Glassdoor; as we value every piece of feedback. I am sorry that the Cons has been noted as "recent change of owners has resulted in a number of changes" - I hope with over a year passing since you commented that you think these changes are for the better; albeit I understand that change in itself can be tough. I do know that today, any change is considered most carefully and has to have the purpose of improving HKA, including our care and support to our people, and our delivery to our valued clients. Thank you so much for posting. Thank you for staying and contributing at HKA. Please do keep well particularly during this pandemic. Best regards Kate Wood Partner, Chief People Officer
1.0
Oct 18, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Brand, market recognition, availability of publications and invitations to marketing events.

Cons

Staff is undermined by Senior Management, who only seek sales and more sales. Performance reviews that "excel" are systematically "re-calibrated" by Senior Management to bring reviews/salaries down.

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HKA Response
5y
Thank you for sharing your opinion back in October 2019. I am so sorry that we are only now responding to your views. You will know that HKA has a continuous improvement approach to our organization, and we have recently agreed that every Glassdoor post will receive a reply. We take this action as we respect and value all opinions. Thank you also for everything you have done to help HKA to grow and improve. You are a current employee with over five years service - so thank you so much. I am sad to read that you don't view HKA very positively. Of course HKA has evolved/improved much since October 2019. If you still feel this way, do reach out to me as perhaps I can assist you? Also we have two Continent Heads, in Haroon and Jad who care very much about our colleagues in the Middle East; so always feel free to reach out to them too. Everything we are doing is to make HKA a great place for our brilliant people to work - so I am sad to read that you are not recommending HKA and therefore unlikely to be enjoying your career with us. Do reach out, I can listen and perhaps help you in some way. I do see HKA very differently to you, albeit that I respect these are your views back in 2019. I joined HKA in April 2020, and I experience colleagues who are passionate about our people and our clients. Promoted colleagues have had salary increases and been recognized for their achievements. Our people are staying with us and our people are the difference in HKA. I experience real collaboration and brilliant ideas coming from our people to make HKA even better. I can only hope that you too, have experienced the improvements in HKA and you are enjoying your work and experience with us now. Please do take care, particularly during this pandemic. If you would like to speak with me or email me...I am here to listen and support. My email is katewood@hka.com Best regards Kate Wood Partner, Chief People Officer.
1.0
Jun 26, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some competent staff and interesting projects

Cons

Senior management are clueless. All focus is on achieving the numbers dictated by the private equity owner so that the business can be sold again at a profit

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HKA Response
5y
Thank you for sharing your view on HKA as you posted back in June 2019. Your post is important and deserves a reply. I am sorry we are only just replying to you now. I was sad to read your post and I am sorry you feel this way about HKA. I respect that this is your view and you posted in June 2019; so much has evolved since that time. I joined HKA in April 2020 and in the eight months I have been here; I do see HKA differently to your view back in June 2019. Of course that difference may be explained by a number of factors, including the time difference. I can only hope that you are still at HKA and you too are seeing/feeling all of the improvements we continue to make around our three strategic objectives of our Clients, our People and our business performance. 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 In my time at HKA for over eight months I have seen tremendous passion, care and improvement action for HKA employees from the leaders across the HKA family. I have also observed that colleagues across the globe speak up with their opinions that are listened to, collaborate together to support and help each other. Our people are the difference that has taken HKA to an even better place. I joined during a lockdown pandemic in April 2020 and the care I have seen to protect and support health and wellbeing of our colleagues is huge and a first priority. We also asked all our colleagues globally if HKA was supporting them during this pandemic and the survey results that came back were extremely positive. 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. Part of our continuous improvement journey, now includes us reviewing every post on Glassdoor, as all opinions matter and we want to listen and learn and respect everyone by replying. As mentioned above, if you want to talk about your experience, then lets connect. Wishing you all the very best for the future. Best regards Kate Wood Chief People Officer
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