Clarivate reviews

Clarivate has become a dysfunctional vehicle for crony capitalism. The current business plan appears to be fluffing the balance sheet by avoiding even the most basic product investment and attempting to get once-valued employees to quit before they are laid off. It’s truly a shame to see the shell of such a great company being sacrificed for the illusion of todays gain at the expense of tomorrow. The current c-suite is so disconnected from reality that they seem to think someone actually believes the propaganda that is pedaled in the delusional ego-stroking company meetings. As far as work/life balance goes, I will quote the employee appreciation t-shirt that was handed out by the geriatric billionaire at the helm of this sinking ship until he gets his last big score: “Laughter is an instant vacation”

For the vast majority of people who were not hired at a manager/VP level position the opportunity for advancement is nothing but a pipe dream. I mean that in all seriousness, we have virtually no opportunity for advancement in any manner. The HR learning and growth initiatives, while perhaps created with good intentions by HR, are pointless. They don't (and can't) solve the root problem and I think they're probably designed more to deflect from the horrible culture of outside hiring more than anything. If I want to get promoted with a salary increase doing some online learning modules solves nothing and adds nothing to this goal. Overly excessive outside hiring for good, upper level positions that could be filled by internal candidates. The pay is not very good and neither are the bonuses for the staff level workers. The management seems to be trying to secretly build up high profile VP and ELT members for an IPO and/or divestiture of the various business units in the coming future yet does nothing to address this obvious outcome. Clearly they're filling those roles with workers that have backgrounds with known public corporations and successful companies so that it looks good in the investor prospectus and at roadshows -- I honestly feel like the management thinks the staff is too dumb to see this when it's as plain as day. Many workers are expected to work insane hours of the day because they won't hire enough workers to get the job done, yet can easily afford new acquisitions and VP positions well into 6 figures to, again, drive the IPO and divestiture goal. Barely a weekend goes by when I don't have work to do and there are several evenings per week when I am working for at least an hour or more. Given that most of us see a salary increase that barely matches inflation, many are burned out and looking for new jobs. Competition in the industry is fierce and despite what others may say, most of our products are barely treading water compared to competition and changing industry practices.