Definite improvements lately - HR 'Big Step Up' - Tax Consultant Centralis Employee Review

The people they employ are fantastic! They're amazing to work with - really smart, dedicated, and wonderful to be around!

Nothing stands out to me - it's a great place to work

Initially friendly but highly unlikely for most people to stay past 1-2 years. Standard benefits for Bulgaria (health insurance with Uniqa and 200lv. food vouchers). The new office is very modern and most of the people are very friendly (except accounting and the head of CoSec). Flexibility on when to start the workday (you can start from 8,9 or 10AM). The lunchbreak is always honored and most of the team eats together and is close-knitted. There are catered events sometimes organised by a "social cometee" which are very fun.

The enviromnent can very easily turn toxic if you come with the expectation that this company is different from other corporate jobs. There are still people who will try to sabotage or benefit from your errors to look better. Sadly, there are a lot of incompetent managers, worst of all the "Head" of CoSec. During my time with the company I saw how unstable and unfit for this position that woman is. They were even in the process of firing her, however the people who raised the issue were later fired just a few days before their 6-m9nth trial period was over, which is the definition of corporate retaliation, however Bulgarian law doesn't give these people the chance to sue. My advice is if you are looking for a CoSec (corporate secretary) job, DON'T apply at Centralis. Regarding the KYC team and workload, it depends. During my time with the company I saw an extreme lack of organization or structure when it comes to big projects. You are hired as a KYC Analyst and you will mainly be working with client data input and upkeep however at least once per year there will appear some sort of huge side-project that requires a lot of hands and has the idea of updating or migrating the entire client database, or at the very least an entire jurisdiction. During these projects it becomes very apparent the the leaders don't have realistic expectations when it comes to the deadline or the amount of work that can be completed within the workday. A lot of colleagues had to stay and do unpaid overtime just to try and scrape by, and the projects still weren't finished on time. Also since I just mentioned it, there is never, and I mean never a possibility for your overtime to be paid. You may be able to negotiate compensation in the form of a few additional days off, but you will never be compensated in money, so a piece of advice- don't do ANY overtime, even if those around you are (they are just trying to look better to management). To close, if this isn't your first KYC job, and you know your way around corporate toxicity, I'd say go for it. The pay is decent and there are certainly way worse companies, but if this is your first corporate job and you are set on applying here, I'd recommend that you keep what I wrote here in mind and have realistic expectations that you are disposable and no one there is your "friend". I've seen plenty of back-stabbing during my time with this company. Best of luck to you!