Poor leadership, no clear vision, and no transparency - Anonymous employee Kantar Employee Review

2.0
Oct 5, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Family-like work environment, some very nice people, interesting clients, diversity, good benefits

Cons

Poor communication and no transparency from CEOs about layoffs. They kept saying that we were doing better than we expected, there wouldn't be more pay cuts, and layoffs were not a focus. Just less than a week later, without any signs, they laid off 10 percent of employees. Some offices were severely affected. They charged the clients too low and had to ask the employees to lie on their timesheets to make the projects look profitable. The most affected employees were junior employees who didn't have a lot of projects. Needing to lie about their working hours resulted in extremely low utilization rates and ultimately put them at greater risk of getting laid off. The new managing director of the LA office only cares about the business and has no empathy. Employees play crucial roles in the growth of the business. If you don't care about your employees who have been working so hard for several years, who would want to work hard and be loyal to the company? Very low pay. Only higher-ups get incentives. Career opportunity depends on the team(s) you work for. Some care about your growth. Some don't. Some teams have very poor training. I don't recommend this company until they have a clear vision.

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