Huntswood reviews

3.0

39% would recommend to a friend

(219 total reviews)

Martin Dodd

49% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Huntswood has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 219 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Huntswood employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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219 reviews
5.0
Dec 4, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The leadership really believe in our purpose to help our clients enhace their reputation with their customers and attach great importance to delivering the best possible outcome from specialist resourcing or consultancy projects that we undertake. This transcends through the organisation, so you find yourself working from day to day with like minded people with similar values who are passionate about forming relationships and developing solutions to help our clients. Investment in employees and their development is top-class. The opportunity to get new experiences, learn new skills, grow and develop if you work hard, show willing and demonstrate the values of the firm is unlimited. In my 4 years at Huntswood I have been given the opportunity to work in 3 different departments and have been promoted 3 times. Being a small / medium firm if you really want to you can make a difference you can. There are some pretty amazing company do's

Cons

It depends which way you look at it, but this company never stands still and it is always looking for better ways to do things; this inevitably means that everyone is extremely busy, the expectation of delivery is ever-present and you find yourself under pressure from time to time. It doesn't have to be a bad thing as those who embrace it deliver tend to do well for themselves

1.0
Sep 7, 2015

PPI

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Easy to get a job there

Cons

high pressure, pointless 'fabricated pressure' to his imaginary targets, high focus on quality but not in a positive way - get penalised if you fail a case and no praise if you pass a case or 1000000 cases in a row. Only

1.0
Aug 22, 2015

Moving the bar

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good money and great money if you can over produce. Technically not challenging, but working fast and accurately is key to hit target. (Which they make harder and harder to reach)

Cons

Long hours, employed under false pretences, unethical view to staff During the interview it was highlighted you work 1 in 3 Saturday's and get a day off during the week. Once starting, you find out the real story. It's a day in lieu so you work a 6 day week without having a say and you can only have your day in lieu if you hit your target. Neither of these mentioned in the interview or the contract. As starting as a newbie, of course you don't hit target for a while while you learn and adjust so you won't be getting that day in lieu anytime soon. Pretty bad. Over recruited. Shifts have been shortened to strictly 8 hours on a weekday and Saturday is the only day you can do overtime. This is to create maximum productivity, each seat is taken with no spares and it feel like a bit like a factory. You now have 8 hours to produce 3 cases (which is difficult enough) as well as answering many phone calls (some very time consuming setting complaints up) squeezing in a lunch break and performing the standard admin posting your letters, making payments and filling out surveys. Stretching the bar with no real outlook on how the role works, so the target become more and more unachievable.

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