Capital IQ Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Capital IQ as an intern for less than a year

Pros – - high level of commitment towards work
- good interpersonal skills and very friendly yet professional work environment
- opportunities within and across the industry

Cons – - initial salary packages are little low

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Capital IQ full-time

Pros – Flexibility, good pay, fun environment.

Cons – Lack of vision. Not aligned with MHP.

Advice to Senior Management – Learn to embrace change.

Current Employee – been working at Capital IQ full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good working environment, supporting managers

Cons – No cons of working in this company

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Capital IQ full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Great entry level work, resume builder, benefits, telecommuting.

Cons – The company is too political, and to get ahead, you must kiss up to your manager and/or management. Lou Eccleston and his Thomson cronies have not brought any value or market driven products to the marketplace. As a result, he has taken the easy route by making a name for himself by reorganizing and most importantly, cutting costs. Reducing staff, salaries, & compensation is the standard which has made for a very unhappy, insecure workforce that is fearful of losing their jobs.

Advice to Senior Management – McGraw Hill needs to change management and create a culture that values and rewards it's employees from the bottom up. The company needs to make a real investment in market research in order to better understand the needs and wants of customers in order to bring real, market driven products instead of forcing unwanted products to customers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Capital IQ full-time for less than a year

Pros – Work life balance, salary, people

Cons – Limited vertical growth especially for laterals.

Advice to Senior Management – Segregate between lateral with skills and freshers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Capital IQ full-time for more than a year

Pros – Rarely need to work overtime/weekends
More freedom in terms of work hours than other jobs

Cons – Below market value pay (given the hrs, it's fair though)
Most development work is borderline data entry/content management.

Advice to Senior Management – None.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Capital IQ full-time

Pros – Good work/life balance.
Pays well enough.

Cons – Lou Eccleston, CEO, and Bob Coppola, CTO, in particular, are clueless to what really is going on within the company, and proven by their actions (or lack thereof), have no idea how to run a technology company.
Resources are spread too thin and product development has essentially ceased to exist.
Political nature of a large and old company makes it extremely inefficient to do almost anything.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop hiring current or former Thomson employees. That company is a mess and we will just end up their same dismal position if we do not change our ways

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Capital IQ full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Company has a ton of assets. They just need to put them together, and get organized to take things to the next level.

Cons – The game of fluffing the story up to make it sound better than it is goes up the chain so there is no focus on real problems. Too much spin. There also seems to be an affinity for hiring people that are under-achieving ivy league kids. Top of the pack get real jobs, and this company is clearly meant to succeed in a blue collar financial services way.

Advice to Senior Management – Clean house if someone is doing a poor job. Entitlement, and seniority should be cut off at inception.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Capital IQ full-time for more than a year

Pros – No work Pressure and cool going life.

Cons – No learning, no growth, no devlopment

Advice to Senior Management – People are the foundation of any co. success. should focus on people devlopment

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Capital IQ

Pros – Growth, less work load,fat bonus

Cons – Less learning, work becomes mundane