Capita Symonds Reviews

Pros – Big company, many nice people

Cons – not much work for interns

Pros – Diverse, fast paced company. Many different areas of the Property sector covered. Capita Group provides a secure back stop

Cons – Not a people organisation. Driven totally by the current months numbers, to the detriment of long term strategy. This is a constant frustration to many.

Advice to Senior Management – Long more to the medium/long term.

Pros – Good office location in central London, great team and people to work with, good culture, flexitime and good work life balance.

Cons – My personal experience: Pay was slightly below average, projects were a bit mundane i.e. lots of civil design work for property developers or flood study type work for the Environment Agency. Note that this is a large consultancy so others experiences may be very different.

The company does very little work outside of the UK with the exception of some work in the UAE. Certainly not a truly international consultancy.

Pros – Benefits
Experience and Encouragement
Large scale projects

Cons – Restricted Management
Little or no staff turnover
little possibility of promotion

Advice to Senior Management – Encourage advancement and promotion within teams,
Reward business development and dedicated staff
Reassess charges to more commercially viable rate

Pros – Salary package is more competitive than similar jobs in other firms.
Big company to work in.
Have multi-discipline services in the firm.

Cons – No standard document set up.
General benefits are poor.
Employees are not treated fairly especially in redundancy.
No strong management direction.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to employees, treat employees fairly.
Offer training and opportunities inside the firm. Be honest and fair on big decisions to employees.

Pros – High levels of management coupled with numerous policies!

Cons – Little job security when a downturn in the market

Advice to Senior Management – N/a

Pros – Some clever, bright people within the company with drive and determination. It's a relaxed environment to work in and the company contributes to a good work / life balance.

Cons – The management aren't on the same wavelength as the workers. Redundancies has seen the best of the staff leave and those that are left looking over their shoulders. Capita Symonds are bringing in new staff at associate level and above on reported huge salaries yet not looking after the employees below them. Promotions come without pay rises and staff are again starting to look elsewhere.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to your staff! There are some good people with some good ideas but please take note of them.