Private Equity Company =Toxic Environment - Product Manager Circana Employee Review

2.0
Feb 19, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Fully Remote, Good work/life balance. Great people within the Irish Office.

Cons

Well below average salary where they tend to use location(even though the company is now fully remote) and the fact its a Market Research company as the main reason why($8 Billion compnay valuation lol) Salary conversations usually go "Well we cant match Z salary as thats the salary paid at software and Z tech companies and we are only a market research company" EU teams carry out most of the work for less reward in comparison to US counterparts(High Salaries). Toxic environment since merger with a number of redundancies, leading to people either: 1. Attempting to overcompensate or 2.Extreme coasting(go missing, fade into the background).

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5.0
Jun 18, 2026
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Pros

Excellent company but it highly depends on the team you are in. I have had roles where I had a lot of work to the point of exhaustion and roles with excellent work life balance. Managers are typically great. Good environment and continues to do diversity measures despite the current environment which is great. The work is interesting and the data is good quality.

Cons

They are starting to use AI. There are some layoffs happening in some teams

2.0
Jun 29, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Remote work 100%. Good relationship with some of my coworkers..

Cons

Upper management clueless. My manager’s manager is always making mountains out of a molehills. The pace of tasks/projects is not sustainable. People in my department are burnt out. Everything is an emergency and very little time given to analyze and resolve a problem before 2-3 more are piled on. People become disenchanted and morale is super low. Not a good place to work for. Excessive micromanagement. Insane amount of documentation for simple tasks. Convoluted processes that only waste people’s time. Is like shoveling chit against the tide.

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