Overtime and underpaid - Associate Research Manager Kantar Employee Review

1.0
Oct 15, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

You’ll learn a lot about Market Research.

Cons

Poor management and lack of transparency. There’s no proper promotion system and the pay is very low. Overtime work isn’t compensated, and they often encourage working overnight or on weekends. If you don’t value your sleep, health, or work-life balance, this place might be for you. Career growth is uncertain; they make promises of promotion just to get you to take on extra projects beyond your pay grade, only to later tell you it’s not happening.

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1.0
Jun 18, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

None. Literally none. Amazing that I cannot think of a single thing. I’m staying because the job market is awful otherwise I am out of here.

Cons

- carousel of management. Changing every several months - constant reorganization, hired for a role you want then moved to a role without input as a part of a reorganization - employees of set up to fail - management is suspect in their talent and ability to build a culture worth having - trying to “scale” products without a client first mentality - profits over people - legacy remote work allows people to skate by without actually doing work - history of hiring suspect CEOs because of nepotism - people get paid obscene amounts for doing little work. And if they do work, it is so awful.

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