Not Worth It! - Director Ankura Employee Review

1.0
May 29, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free cheap snacks & location. That's it.

Cons

Ankura' environment is extremely toxic. Ankura keeps a tight leash on us. When we try to provide constructive criticism for it to improve the quality for its employees, our supervisors and Hunan Resources department retaliates. In fact, our head of Human Resources who was the head of a Fortune 500 company quit. She tried to change so much and the CEO and upper management were not having it. And currrently, we have no Human Resources manager (the position has been empty for a good 4 months. This company needs so much work. Ankura underpays it's junior staff and mistreats all besides it's management team. I would not want to be a person of color and certainly not a women at this company. Look at our website, there is no diversity at all. Unfortunately, the CEO and upper management is aware of all of this but they just sweep it under the rug. In addition to this. This company doesn't invest at all in those keeping this company afloat. They continue to hire Managing Directors and continue to underpay us. The only reason someone would work at Ankura is because of the title and then jumping out as quickly as you can.

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5.0
Jul 14, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The people here and those that choose to come, or friendly, collegial, and fun to work with. This is truly a learning environment. My colleagues have deep expertise and I learned every day. Oxygen to my brain.

Cons

The work and timelines can be intense - but sometimes that's the nature of client service and the business we are in.

4.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I happened to be on a good team with good managers who hire well. The whole team works well together, expectations are generally set to fit everyone well, and tasks are assigned as such. The work is also quite interesting most of the time and we get opportunities to explore new work streams.

Cons

Low visibility between stakeholders and normal employees, specifically the private equity that owns the firm. This makes it difficult to understand many of the top-down decisions made and makes the whole review/raise cycle extremely weird. Every year someone asks management why there is such a long delay between reviews and promotions/raises along with no transparency surrounding raise decisions.

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