HKA Reviews

Dear Colleague, I am sad for you and I am sorry that you feel this way. I want to try to help and I trust my reply will offer you food for thought. Please do feel free to reach out to me at katewood@hka.com; as I will willingly listen and progress your concerns. I want to reassure you that you can raise your concern internally and it will be managed and investigated in a professional, supportive, and confidential manner. In HKA we do not tolerate bullying or favoritism. We also have a robust set of ways to raise concerns, as I emailed out to all our global colleagues on October 5 2021. Based on my eighteen months in HKA, I believe we have a healthy culture at HKA and to continue to support that we openly share with all colleagues how to raise a concern. We also report to our main Board the numbers of complaints, grievances and whistleblowing instances that we have in HKA; so we are transparent and open for challenge and improvement. The number of instances during 2021 is negligible; yet of course we always respect any colleague raising a concern and deal with it most respectfully. HKA is committed to an environment where open, honest communications are the expectation, not the exception. I respect that these are your opinions listed under Cons; notwithstanding that, I do disagree with you about “double standards, no support, low pay and no incentives” My experience is that:- - we have high standards and everyone is held to account for these high standards - there is much support for our people, from our line managers to our global people team - our pay and total reward package is good, including a bonus plan based on delivering collaborative results and having the right behaviors. I know we will continue to review our Total Reward approach, as there is still room for improvement here. Everyone is entitled to feel how they want to feel of course. I do know that the vast majority of our colleagues in HKA are most positive about our successful, growing, and improving organization – I know this from discussions with colleagues and also our annual global colleague survey where our colleagues scored the following questions: “HKA encourages good ethical business practices” 8.7/10 score from our colleagues “Overall, how satisfied are you working at HKA” 7.9/10 score from our colleagues “How likely is it you would recommend HKA as a place to work” 7.8/10 score from our colleagues “Employee health and wellbeing is a priority at HKA” 8/10 score from our colleagues “My manager provides me with the support I need to complete my work” 8.3/10 score from our colleagues “My manager cares about me as a person” 8.4/10 score from our colleagues As mentioned above feel free to contact me so I can try to assist; as I certainly do not want any colleague to feel as you do. Please take care of yourself and reach out if you need any support, particularly during this pandemic which is a challenging time for all. Best regards Kate Wood Partner, Chief People Officer

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