Hargreaves Lansdown Reviews

Pros

- Business has and still is performing very well, which is a nice environment to work in day-to-day – good news is shared very frequently -Lots of communication from different areas/teams, including a monthly update from the CEO - Huge focus on client service and doing the right thing - Lots of positive changes to the culture of the business – agile teams, flexible working, better benefits, more open about the... future strategy/goals - Nice people who genuinely want to work here (on the whole) - Good opportunities for internal movements and secondments, with minimal experience requirements - Nice office location, with a lot of social activity – drinks evenings, healthy living events, a big annual Winter Ball, sports groups and little touches like champagne, new starters bags and advert calendars - New opportunities to get involved in things like mentoring and volunteering, and generally doing more in the local community - Much better benefits package than a few years ago – especially the pension contributions and additional holiday purchase scheme - The business is starting to adopt more flexible working options - some working from home, part time hours, evening shifts

Cons

- Still a little behind in terms of innovative technology, however this is slowly creeping into certain areas - A little frantic around busy times of the year – better and earlier planning is definitely needed

Advice to Management

Keep doing what you’re doing – overall HL is a great place to work, and the progress in terms of transparency, diversity and a creating a happy workforce is clear to see.

Pros

Invested more recently in employee benefits and the office space. Great central location.

Cons

Limited in progressing upwards but plenty of opportunities to move sideways or into other areas.

Pros

Great opportunities to move between roles within the company, good benefits including SAYE. Great social culture

Cons

The basic salaries were a little on the low side

Pros

Lots of responsibility early on

Cons

Environment can be pressured and overwhelming.

Pros

- Great people - Great training - Learn a lot of base knowledge about finance - Excellent culture - Harbourside office is fantastic

Cons

- Irregular working hours - Spend 99% of day on phone, which can get tiring. Would be good to mix it up with alternative tasks.

Pros

Good experience once you first get the job

Cons

Overly demanding progression very quickly flattens out

Pros

Young, energetic working environment Interesting work

Cons

Some of the management team as way out of their depth having been at the company for long enough to be promoted as they’d ‘done their time’.

Pros

good internal opportunities and benefits

Cons

quite corporate with no reason to stay loyal to the company, hierarchy