Inconsistent Career Progression Opportunity - Anonymous employee HKA Employee Review

3.0
Jan 15, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent health benefits. Great colleagues and working culture.

Cons

Inconsistent career and financial progression. It is not tied to performance review. Salary increment, bonus and promotion will depends on who is the person you report to or the region head - and not performance.

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HKA Response
4y
Dear Colleague, Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. I can see you are a former employee and want to thank you for everything you did for HKA in your 6 years with us and wish you well in your onwards career. I’m pleased to hear that you appreciated the healthcare benefits we provide and that you enjoyed our culture and your great colleagues. I recently joined HKA and can already see how talented our people are and the supportive and collaborative culture we have here. I am sorry to hear that you felt you experienced inconsistent career and financial progression. We aim to reward high performance as well as demonstration of our behaviours and our bonus plan and salary reviews are based on this principle. Promotions are carefully considered through a multi-stage process which promotes objectivity and fairness. Of course there is always room for improvement and we continue to develop these processes to ensure that we consistently reward the right outcomes and behaviours. We are always grateful for feedback and if you would like to discuss any of this further please feel free to reach out to me – clairebamfordrock@hka.com. Kind regards, Claire Bamford Rock Global Total Reward Manager

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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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