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ConSol Partners Reviews

3.6

74% would recommend to a friend

(84 total reviews)

Marc Cohen

79% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

ConSol Partners has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 84 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ConSol Partners employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Human resources and staffing industry (3.8 stars).

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84 reviews
1.0
2 Jun 2017

Terrible, terrible company to work for!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I wish I could say the people, but that is not true!

Cons

This is the worst company I have ever worked for! Full of petty people, the culture is vile, no real direction from management and overall day to day atmosphere lacks any buzz or excitement! WOULD HIGHLY RECCOMEND WORKING ANYWHERE ELSE.

2.0
22 Jun 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The company can be very proud of its workforce. A great place to make good colleagues and friends. There are monthly drinks which is a great chance to be sociable. Definately a family culture amongst the consultants which can make the hard days easier.

Cons

1 - The company decided to sell in 2016 and branded it investment. There has since been a lack of commitment from Directors who sometimes attend as little as 1 day a week. This is one reason initial growth objectives and promises have failed to be met as the focus is now more on KPI's. This has recently seen many of the high performers leave the business both in London and LA as the feeling of a glass ceiling is common amongst the company. 2 - Out of touch! The company leaders have really failed to keep up with the latest technologies/markets making it difficult to get the best out of consultants. They rely heavily on trying to hire external expertise which has really failed since 2016. It also means that the company struggle to deliver to many of the markets they advertise as specialising in. 3 - Challenging US mission - While its amazing that the company offer the chance to move to the US, there have been some real challenges around this. With one US office in Boston already closed down, ConSol have struggled to keep there LA office alive with many of the high performers and relocated directors either leaving or returning to the UK office. 4 - No HR!! This is one of the biggest issues within the company. Consultants must sometimes endure innappropriate comments/actions from both Consultants and Leaders as reports/complaints are often swept aside. This has seen a huge number of women leave the business leaving as little as 3 female consultants in an office full of 50+ men. The main focus of the leadership team in situations is using the external HR advisors to guide them in protecting themselves from legal standpoints.

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ConSol Partners Response
7y
Thank you for your positive feedback. As you mentioned, we are very proud of our workforce and the culture ConSol Partners has built over the past 10 years. It’s a shame you feel ConSol has not kept up with latest tech/markets when you consider we have high performing teams in the fields of Autonomous Driving, Blockchain and Computer Vision. We have also trialed many industry leading tech tools over the last 12 months so we are constantly staying ahead of the trend. Our US office is having a record year with several of the group's top billers based there so we see little of the ‘challenges’ you speak of. As with any successful sales business there will always be employee attrition, no one can hide from that fact and its something common across the industry As you know ConSol is an advocate of hiring graduates and entry level starters throughout the year on our PERFORM scheme. Coupled with excellent internal training we heavily invest in bringing through our own talent. Therefore your comment of “rely heavily on trying to hire external expertise” is surprising, if not inaccurate, like many of the statements you have made here.. We wish you well with your job search.
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