The worst place I've ever worked - Associate Director Kantar Employee Review

1.0
Apr 29, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Junior analysts are wonderful. Relaxed expense policy.

Cons

While glancing at the previous positive reviews I realized they were written by partners or HR interns. So here is my experience: 1) Just wrong: The biggest mistake in my life was the day I accepted the offer from MB Vermeer. What was I thinking? Everything went wrong from the very beginning of interview process – it took me 9 month to interview with a company, when I finally met a CEO (a highly manipulative character, with zero respect to everyone’s time). During the first month I joined the firm 4 people have left! Four! Crazy, isn’t it? April - a month when the company promotes and pays a year-end bonus. Before bonuses have been announced 5 more employees just disappeared from their desks in the middle of the day without saying “Good buy”. No care for people and their career. The management provided zero explanation to those who didn't lose their jobs. If you join Vermeer, you’ll be surrounded the environment of gossiping and favoritism. Maybe you’ll be even emotionally bullying from senior team – a couple of times I was witnessed when one of my colleague has been criticized for his accent and appearance. Also, take notice of the high turnover! 2) Work/life balance? You must be kidding. Expect to stay late every single day. If you leave on time at 7pm they see this as " oh you leave early ". There is no work life balance. No one cares if you work 85 hours a week, instead they will point blank ask you why you didn't work 100. 3) Salary: Employees are underpaid and overworked. 4) Promotion: You get rewarded and promoted based on how loud you are. No supports, no appreciations and no respect to design at all. Definitely not a company you would want to join.

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Pros

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Cons

- carousel of management. Changing every several months - constant reorganization, hired for a role you want then moved to a role without input as a part of a reorganization - employees of set up to fail - management is suspect in their talent and ability to build a culture worth having - trying to “scale” products without a client first mentality - profits over people - legacy remote work allows people to skate by without actually doing work - history of hiring suspect CEOs because of nepotism - people get paid obscene amounts for doing little work. And if they do work, it is so awful.

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