Nous Group Reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(218 total reviews)
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Tim Orton

87% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Nous Group has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 218 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Nous Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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218 reviews
1.0
23 Jul 2016

Use them before they use you

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- The people are genuinely nice. - Easy entry point into the consulting industry. - Use Nous to get into the industry and then move on to better things ASAP.

Cons

- They pay significantly below market rate. - You will only work in three industries: government, higher education and health. - There is no structured career path - no one at Nous has gone from Consultant all the way through to Principal. - They love using buzzwords "Big Data", "Agile" and "Lean" to sell things but no-one has any real idea about them because no-one has actually ever worked with them. - The feedback process is opaque and you have no concrete idea how much your charge out rate (and pay) will move.

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Nous Group Response
9y
At Nous we want all our employees to have a positive experience and to enjoy their work environment and their work. So it saddens us to hear that not everyone has this experience. Being named 5th on the Great Places to Work list in 2015 suggests that the majority of our employees love working at Nous. At Nous we pay at a competitive market rate, commensurate with the size and positioning of our organisation. We adopt a total employment offer approach, of which salary is one component of the overall offer. We work across 10 sectors; which sectors you work in is influenced by expertise, interest and the practicalities of consulting! We can't always predict the projects we are engaged to support and the timing of those projects. Consulting is a very dynamic industry. We do have a structured career path and have a number of consultants who have progressed from consultant to Principal. As we continue to grow, we anticipate greater opportunities to provide the depth and breadth of expertise required for even more Nousers to develop from consultant to Principal. We also value highly the diversity of experience that is gained by working in other organisations, and we encourage our people to leave Nous to gain these experiences and then return to Nous, bringing new ideas and experiences. A number of Nousers have done just that. Most consultants love buzz words! We try not to be glib in our use of consulting speak, but like most firms, we are definitely talking big data and agile, as well as innovation and digital. These are the realities of the world we live in, and our clients are looking to us to help them to thrive in an ever changing world. We have experts in these areas, and we are also building the broad capability of all our staff in key areas, demonstrating our commitment to build capability and to learn and grow as people and consultants in this dynamic environment. We will continue to embrace new ideas and new directions. Our clients, who voted us Best Management Consulting Firm Australia 2015 in the Financial Review Client Choice awards, derive value from the work we do. Most people tell us our feedback culture is a differentiator. We provide ongoing, direct feedback, which is shared with employees. Feedback comes in the moment through day to day project work, and also through formal feedback gathering processes. No one knows in advance individual charge out and salary movements, they are a factor of performance and capability growth and reflect the value each Nouser can provide to clients. Recently we have communicated some guidelines around progression, to help manage expectations. Thank you for taking the time to review Nous, and apologies you didn't have the experience we hoped you would. Best of luck with your next adventure. I hope you find an organisation that gives you what you are looking for.
1.0
12 Jan 2026

A joke

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Pros

None, but leaving was the best thing I did.

Cons

I got offered a job here and left. There are ZERO employee benefits. No private health, no insurances. Watch their responses also when other reviewers point that out. They come back with "Our culture is what makes Nous" or "We are looking into benefits for London". Thing is, they have been saying that for years Salary is abysmal. £40K for an EA. And they make out that the bonus you get compensates for it. Most EAs get a decent base of £65K in London AND a bonus of 15% Stay away from this joke of a place is my advice.

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Nous Group Response
3mo
I am sorry that you did not enjoy your time at Nous. We introduced private health insurance in July 2025 after several years of consideration of market practices and what was right for our context.
4.0
5 Dec 2024
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Pros

Great culture High quality work and staff Impactful work

Cons

Nous are probably 10-20% below competition in terms of remuneration. They say money makes up “only a portion” of their total remuneration package but it’s such a naive view to take - obviously people are mostly driven by money. I personally know both people that have left due to lack of salary progression and others that refused to apply when they found out the starting salary. It’s a cycle that unless addressed will lead to a decline in quality of staff and work. They also have a serious diversity problem at the manager level and above

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Nous Group Response
1y
Thank you for sharing your experience. We review Glassdoor alongside our internal feedback channels to ensure a range of perspectives are considered when we review our processes and policies. We regularly review market data and consider the appropriate salary positioning as part of our overall approach to the total employment proposition.
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