Toxic place to work with uncompetitive pay - HR Advisor Close Brothers Employee Review

1.0
13 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good office location, decent CEO and pension plans.

Cons

Perfect environment for someone looking to be micromanaged, enjoys blame culture and aggressive tactics to ensure you burnout. Someone who wants to work with software so old it doesn’t load on to a web browser at full screen yet is told to leverage AI and be proactive in finding news ways to be productive, yet is shut down at any suggestion of doing that isn’t according to the exact process guide. If you aren’t that ambitious and want to work somewhere that it is certain you have nowhere to move up, this role could suit and helps if you don’t mind being severely underpaid. The recent FCA scandal shows Close is on trajectory for a sinking ship and this is reflected in the pay and culture as management struggle to manage the damage to reputation and financial performance.

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2.0
24 Feb 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very exciting to work with

Cons

Very stress and demanding on weekends

1.0
13 Aug 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There was nothing that I enjoyed

Cons

No proper training just had some one sit for an hour or so a day

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