Hawk Training Reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(45 total reviews)
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Crawford Knott

96% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Hawk Training has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 45 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hawk Training employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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45 reviews
1.0
27 Oct 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The teams are great to work with but as more people leave, it's getting thin on the ground of experienced members of staff. Within the sector it's a well known 'brand' for having a positive image but all is not as it seems.

Cons

Careful of the glass ceiling, they'll raise your hopes when you start but after pulling the illusionary rug from beneath you, they'll kick you the whole way down. The minute you say anything that is different to a very archaic opinion you are public enemy number one. If you're not personally liked, you're pretty much a time bomb - I didn't have this problem but having been there for years, I saw it far too often. Extremely high turnover and on the surface, they have a great 'image' to the outside world but the wiring is well and truly exposed internally and things are a mess. They're very opinionated, almost always making reactive decisions that create a patchwork effect for problems rather than looking at the source of the problem and tackling issues that way. They speak about promotion and training heavily but they'll use you as a cash cow for government funding and will progress you into roles (as 'promotion') to suit the business, even if it's the complete opposite of your own career aspirations. Very little reward, appreciation or motivation to want to work there at all. Target driven with no reward. Constant stress and unhappiness for staff with very little support and the family structure means unless you're willing to suck up to them and say exactly what they want to hear, work at weekends with no time back and tread on your exceptionally hard-working colleagues to benefit yourself by being thought of as a higher rank within the Hawk family, you'll never get anywhere. Would not recommend working here at all.

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Hawk Training Response
10y
As a company we work hard at what we do and with a vision of 'achieving excellence' we always strive to be the best we can - that said, we want a healthy work-life balance and will support any employee who may be struggling with this. Employees can and do speak to HR in confidence if they are not happy with any aspect of their working life. Our salaries and benefits are good and way above our competitors offering benefits such as company cars, bonuses, company pensions scheme, mobile, laptop, flexible working. We love providing opportunities for our people to develop and grow - you cant achieve an Investors in People Gold if you don't do this - they hear directly from our staff! Progression opportunities are open to everyone with all positions being internally advertised. I would encourage any employee to speak to their manager or indeed to HR in confidence if they aren't happy in what they are doing. We care about our people and want them to enjoy their work and experience of working for Hawk.
2.0
21 Aug 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The admin team were great but just under a lot of pressure. It was quite social out of work when I was there and a young team made that quite easy. I did my apprenticeship whilst here so atleast I got a qualification!

Cons

No progression, spoken to like you mean nothing, boring tasks and very little scope to develop if it's not covered in an apprenticeship framework.

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Hawk Training Response
10y
We are sorry you didn't enjoy your time with Hawk, it looks like you were in the admin team. We have since created dedicated teams within our admin support team and increased the number of roles by 100% to relieve the pressure which can often occur during month end. I lock up the office most nights and can honestly say I have never seen anyone else in the office after 6.30pm, in fact most of our office based leave by 5.30pm. We offer good salaries with reviews considerably higher than our competitors, along with bonuses for roles involving targets. We like to reward our people who work hard and do a good job and encourage all of our people not just our managers and Directors to say 'thank you' when its due, which I believe they do. Our HR team and open door policy is there to provide a listening ear for any employees who aren't happy about an aspect of their working life.
5.0
14 May 2015

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Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Forward thinking Very transparent, amazed they shared the level of information they did, targets fixed which was a new concept in this industry! Definitely caring, friendly senior management willing to listen to new ideas. Had A friend in the company that went through a difficult time, company really supportive.

Cons

Fast pace can mean not enough time to up skill keeping up with the changes

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Hawk Training Response
10y
We are really pleased that you enjoyed our time at Hawk and see you worked in various positions. We are always willing to listen to employees who chose to tell us where they want to go whether it is within or even outside of the company. The family presence promotes a caring approach to our people, whether its giving support during difficult times such as flexible working, financial assistance or healthcare. We enjoy supporting our people, this is one of the benefits from being an smaller company
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