NCC Group

3.0

8 May 2021

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Pros

NCC Group are a 100% Cyber Security company who are doing well. Security is a huge growth area and without the overheads or baggage other, larger consultancies/SI's have. Pay reviews and bonus payments have been fair, particularly considering the impact of the pandemic. Genuine thought leadership and experience in certain areas of the organisation. Flexible working is encouraged, I was able to work from home 90%+ throughout my time. Work/life balance. Ability to work with many customers with a breadth of geography, size and sector. Regular senior management town hall updates, including a surprising openness in open Q+A.

Cons

Career development and organisational maturity. I assumed for such a large organisation that the basics I had expected throughout my career were absent. This is changing however, I suspect through staff feedback. There are now plans being rolled out gradually across the business (likely 2-3 years) to improve this: * Career path - at the time of writing there isn't a defined job role/family for all areas of the business. These are being developed. * Promotion process - it's unclear how/why promotion takes place. New roles would be created and people promoted into them seemingly without competition, formal interview and independent oversight (i.e. the absence of a formal job family/competencies). * Until very recently, there was no internal job board - it was easier to find another role outside the company than within. I think it's fair to say NCC is a sales led business, looking at the number of Account Manager reviews there are here. High transaction volume, short engagements on the whole. A company for young people. Sick pay is very limited (UK - 20 days paid a year, then SSP). Limited benefits, baseline pension and no private healthcare option.

NCC Group Response

Hello, thank you for taking the time to write a review. We really value current and historic colleague feedback, it enables us to help to continue to build a great culture and place to work. Thank you for listing some of your pros. It’s great to hear that you think that you enjoyed your bonuses during the pandemic. We pride ourselves on developing leaders from within and are grateful that you were able to experience this firsthand on your team. As a company we strive to protect our staff and employee safety and well-being will always be our priority therefore our flexible working conditions will continue moving forward, we are glad that you benefitted from these standards. We appreciate the points you have raised around your needs for more career development but appreciate that you have identified that steps are being made to improve these areas. As for the concerns towards our healthcare policies, we will continue to address these concerns with our Human Resources team to ensure that all of our employees continue to enjoy our PTO, sick pay, and full benefits packages. Thanks again for taking the time to sharing your experience and we thank you for your time with NCC Group. We hope you choose us again in the future.

On the whole a pleasant place to work, with pockets of genuine talent - SIEM Consultant NCC Group Employee Review

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