Slime - Anonymous employee Ankura Employee Review

1.0
Apr 14, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good people exist here, but they're hard to find

Cons

4 and 5 star reviews are written by the company; if the best thing you can say is that there’s free snacks, then something is very wrong. Massive diversity issues exit that are truly alarming. It’s almost 2020 and some are treated with a stone age mentality; don’t work here if you are a minority!! You’ve been warned. The voluntary turn over is out of control due to narrow minded and short sighed management; poor communication, poor selection of ‘leaders’. I got tired of watching good people being driven out due to bad management decisions. It didn’t feel like a focused company, but more like a hodgepodge of knee jerk reactions.

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5.0
Jul 14, 2026
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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
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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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