Kantar reviews

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(6,018 total reviews)
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Chris Jansen

75% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Kantar has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,018 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kantar employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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6K reviews
2.0
Oct 2, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The people (for the most part) are great. Unlimited time-off. Great benefits. Get to work remote or hybrid in some offices.

Cons

2 years ago I would have (and did) suggest Kantar to people as a place to work. We then went through a re-org and it has been a very fast down-hill fall from there. So many accounts are no longer profitable, the company overall is performing poorly, it feels like people are getting laid off or leaving every other week. Senior levels/leadership is getting promoted but no one lower is. Pay is lower than the current market and raises/bonuses were put on hold this year. The current team model does not work and has created inefficiencies (we should go back to CL/PL), has caused unskilled senior leaders to have ownership over projects, and overall morale has plummeted. The company needs a major overhaul and a close look at lower employees who deserve to be promoted and paid for their skill and contributions.

3.0
Aug 14, 2021

Under paid and losing jobs to India

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Flexibility. Unlimited pto. Remote options. Great mid level management (not senior level). Modern offices. Access to LinkedIn learnings

Cons

I worked there for 10+ years. Towards the end I found out I was severely underpaid. Like 20% less than those in my same position with less tenure. The pay sucks. We are losing more and more jobs to India so I had to get our to protect myself and control my own career. The folks in India make tonnnnns of mistakes with 0 accountability. The folks at the top don't care about their mistakes because our India folks dirt cheap. They can take double the amount of time it takes us onshore but since they are so cheap, it doesn't matter to senior mgmt. The folks onshore are the ones fixing all the crap. Get out and be better

2.0
Oct 5, 2020

Poor leadership, no clear vision, and no transparency

Anonymous employee
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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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