Ship is sinking...time to jump for it! - Consultant Kantar Employee Review

1.0
Jul 23, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- exposure to office politics at its worst, good chance to learn how NOT to run a company, ever - opportunities for quick promotion if you're willing to sign over your soul to partners with no consulting experience - part of WPP - great junior team with tight bonds but mostly are formed because of long hours and oppressive senior management - some work is actually pretty cool, but most of it is market research reporting - client exposure at early tenure if partners like you

Cons

- lack of real consultants at this place who know what they are doing - management takes themselves way too seriously is super manipulative and thinks they are way more important than they are - really long hours and low pay, causes people to do things they shouldn't..especially after hours - reactive culture which tends to cause a lot of knee jerking whenever something bad happens - recent poor performance creating a lot of anxiety in the firm, head reductions probably coming soon - part of a much bigger company which drives a lot of politics - lots of brand confusion, mb vermeer, kantar vermeer, millward brown vermeer... Company doesn't know what it is - really low recent bonus payment, if at all

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