Mediocre - Anonymous employee Hanover Research Employee Review

- Hanover likes to say we have experts all over the place. The truth is, that number is actually closer to zero. This makes for a bad environment for young intelligent professionals who are getting their first taste of research in the real world. This also misleads a lot of prospective employees into coming to Hanover. - As a researcher, I would recommend staying away from Hanover. The business model is set up in a way to be as "efficient" as possible, i.e. quick, that you (the researcher) are part of a fast spinning assembly line--and you are nothing but an assembly worker. So, you can imagine the work is mind numbing and if you do it long enough you will start learning some very bad research habits. Being thorough and factual goes out the window in favor of selling your research. - The work itself is not really challenging, from a research perspective, the only challenge is going through project after project and completing them in the ridiculously little amount of time you are asked to do so. - As I have mentioned above, there are close to zero subject matter experts at Hanover which means that there is little to no room for developing one's expertise. You will learn a few tricks here and there but nothing really marketable. (I am talking to individuals who come in with a Master's or PhD--If you come in knowing nothing, then yes you will learn something here). - Your seniors all have that aura of "I don't really know what I'm doing," this is incredibly frustrating. - Ambitions have very low ceilings at Hanover. After you get promoted to a content director position, something that doesn't take too long, there's very little room to go up beyond that point. - Transparency is non-existent here. You have no idea what can get you fired, a promotion, a raise...It's very subjective. - The pay is absurdly low, especially if you have a PhD in anything--the government pays way more than what you will be offered. - Oh, and 2% match on your 401(K) not too terrible, right? well you only get that after 5 years. So, each year you are looking at a 0.4% match rate.