Great work/life balance but siloed company structure - Client Insights Manager Circana Employee Review

4.0
Jul 7, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Great work/life balance - unlimited PTO with a culture that lets you actually use it. Promoting wellbeing - BRGs such as Women's group, LGBTQ+ group, Working Parents etc. Wonderful team - my Circana team is great - very approachable. No mirco-management at all and very respectful of personal time. Leadership - CEO Kirk Perry leads by example. He sends out a monthly video to the whole company and isn't afraid to share personal struggles and learnings. Job title changes - recently recategorized job titles to align more closely with the industry.

Cons

Siloed business - I've never worked for a company that has so little communication across the organization. I have struggled to answer some very high level macro-economic questions that I know will have been addressed elsewhere because teams don't share insights outside of their immediate work groups. Client - your experience is very much dictated by how your client treats outside consultants. Unfortunately I have a client that keeps consultants at an arm's length which makes our Circana team's job very difficult and isolated. On-boarding - basically no on-boarding or training process at all. Thankfully I had a line manager who created his own on-boarding agenda. This is slowly improving however with the introduction of an internal training platform called Circana University. Aggressive 2024 goals - extremely ambitious revenue goals for 2024 which is putting a lot of pressure on teams.

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Circana Response
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts about working at Circana. We are so pleased to hear your positive comments about work-life balance, your team, our culture, and our leadership. We have noted your feedback about the onboarding process, which we are working hard to enhance, and the overall communication challenges you are experiencing. Please consider connecting with your manager or HR Business Partner to discuss any challenges and concerns in more detail so they can provide the support you need.

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