KAE Reviews

3.7

73% would recommend to a friend

(24 total reviews)

Ron Littleboy

61% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

KAE has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 24 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The KAE 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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24 reviews
1.0
17 Feb 2021

Stuck in their ways

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Most of the colleagues are lovely and supportive - Sociable team - Good health plans

Cons

- Company pretend to be forward-thinking but in fact, do not take a single piece of feedback from their staff on board - Management does not work cohesively and struggle to make decisions - A small company with no direction or apparent desire to grow - No /very little budget across all business functions - Limited clients - Salary is low - No transparency from management (lots of secrets) - Repetitive projects - Catty line managers - No career progression - Narrow minded CEO

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KAE Response
4y
Over the past two years there have been significant changes for KAE, some of which include appointing a new Managing Director and Heads of Teams, having very specific growth targets and plans as well as streamlining our business decision making process. Our performance and growth targets this year have enabled us to offer many opportunities for talented, driven people within the Consultancy industry to join our team at KAE. We are also building out and expanding our offering and client reach. Despite the effects of Covid-19, we’ve been fortunate enough to carry out and implement salary benchmarking exercises and, as a result of this, been able to offer improved packages. We’ve also continued to work hard on engagement activities ensuring our collaborative, supportive and sociable culture continues to be a key feature of KAE. We continue to respond to all internal feedback received regarding our colleagues, including all our Line Managers who undergo the same review process, in order to ensure we have the best people to support and lead our teams. Our new Managing Director is extremely open and communicative, making himself available to answer questions directly and he encourages our colleagues to be open and share ideas on any improvements they feel we could make. We are excited to continue to work openly and collaboratively as we grow together.
2.0
10 Jul 2018

Associate Consultant

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Amazing company if freshly graduated from University. KAE provides job training (research&phone interview training) -Quirky workplace (Birthday cakes, Welcome lunch,Day away) -Most of senior management who has worked there for decades is nice and knowledgeable -Flexible work-hours

Cons

-High staff turnover -Low salary for experienced hires -Claims to be "open" to new ideas but reality proves not -Little support to train or foster experienced staff (key reason to keep you on a low salary) -Senior management not supportive as they claim in the beginning about career progress. Have only a theoretical career path. Within company only 3 people gone up the KAE career ladder -Dull and intellectually limited work for most staff if not working on outside EMEA deals -Language skills were limited for very basic assignments -8 month of the same day job no excitement or challenge -If you don't take part in cultural actives (yoga or pub crawls) senior management looks down on you as BIG emphasis on KAE culture -No work/life understanding -Some line managers are very judgemental

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KAE Response
7y
Thanks for your feedback and review. I am glad to hear that you agree with us that we have created an amazing place to work. As part of our passion for people, we have launched a number of other initiatives as requested by our staff, such as the KAE running club, Yoga lunch times, and various other out of work social events. Participation at these events is at the discretion of our people and we have, and will continue to, support an inclusive and supportive working environment. We are in the next phase of our development with a new management structure with our core projects giving all employees the opportunities to work on them from start to finish. As a result, many of our employees have greatly developed during their time at KAE, with the most successful progressing fast through the ranks and several moving from Consultant to VP or SVP. As we have just appointed a new Head of People, we are equally excited to work with her on rolling out new ways of working. If you would like to share any ideas you can think we can do it even better, then please contact us directly.
5.0
1 May 2016

Great team & great opportunities

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Young, talented and smart team - Responsibility from day one - Opportunities to grow within the company

Cons

- Long working hours when deadlines are pending - Salary on the lower end

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KAE Response
7y
Thank you for taking the time to submit a review. We read all our reviews and in return discuss the feedback and ways in which we can improve. I have just joined the company and am learning what things we do well at KAE and where we can improve. One of the areas I would like to look at is Reward and Remuneration and as part of this I intend to obtain conduct a salary benchmarking exercise but also look at our employee benefits. If however, you would like to discuss anything with me directly then please don't hesitate to have a chat with me.
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