Kroll reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(1,738 total reviews)
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Jacob Silverman

61% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Kroll has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,738 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kroll employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Apr 16, 2023

Not good at all

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Pros

The majority of the reviews on here seem fake so I felt the duty to actually give an honest review. Pros: the firm is global (following a series of acquisitions) They do get some big interesting projects, but these are rare and you will end up working on small insolvency projects churning through filling in forms and other menial tasks mainly (you will not develop here)

Cons

Extremely overworked, investment banking hours are expected and there is very little support from management who are equally overworked Pay is significantly below market Bonuses are nominal at best, annual pay increases far below even moderate inflation No structure to promotions, which take longer than bigger firms despite the pay being lower at every grade. However if you’re one of the favourites of the partners then you will be promoted (even if less qualified) Despite the firm being global the U.K. company very much still acts as a standalone entity, with the old MCR dinosaurs maintaining the last century attitudes

2.0
Dec 18, 2023
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Pros

The actual development team I was apart of was great. All very knowledgeable and helpful. Good place to learn new technologies from a software development perspective. All started off quite well until the Kroll Corporate machine decided to get more involved in operations. Went from a well oiled machine to a complete mess within the space of a year.

Cons

Upper management don't have a clue what they are doing! It's genuinely insane some of the business decisions that are passed down. Acquiring companies left right and center with no plan in place on how to implement them into current systems. Wasted so much time and resources explaining how things will not work, Then they go ahead with the project anyway, waste 3 months resource, time and effort trying to shoehorn some makeshift solution in place. Just to scrap the project. Then the cycle repeats. Lack of care when it comes to it's subsidiary businesses. Nothing in terms of a Christmas/Yearly bonus or even a Christmas hamper etc. Feel very secluded from the corporate team as a result. Towards the end of my employment, very hostile emails sent company wide with regards to the Israel/Palestine conflict. No consideration at all for any of their employees who may have been affected by these at all. Just spouting these propaganda esc. emails about their own views on the matter. CEO isn't scared to share his genocidal views on the matter. A lot of your inbox will be spammed with a lot of useless company junk in all honesty, to do with different 'talks' on topics with Mental Health, diversity and rights etc. Good luck finding the time to attend any of them with their horrendous management mixed with the pressures to deliver on time.

4.0
Jan 28, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

The CRD team in London has some of the kindest and smartest people you'd ever find in the corporate world. It was an absolute pleasure working with them during my time there. The team also has a clear and fast track for promotion. If you're serious about staying in the industry and are looking for quick career advancement, this is a good place for you. The culture is great, and everyone is caring and appreciative of each other. It really feels like a family. The hours are also quite standard (9-5:30, no need for overtime work if you are efficient) and much better than other lines of work (ex. finance and management consulting).

Cons

If you are the inquisitive type, the job would likely feel repetitive once you settle in. This is sadly the nature of the compliance research industry, where the work is to find out the "what" but not the "why". The company pays its associates better than most (probably all) competitors in the city, but it is still not comparable to people of similar educational background working at other, more lucrative, industries (but they work much longer hours).

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