join as a stepping stone, but don't step for too long - Research Executive Kantar Employee Review

2.0
Sep 28, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

If you are joining as a Client Servicing exec, this could be a good place to pick things up. However how much you can learn is really dependent on the team you join: you could join a team with many quick turnover studies and be able to try your hand at analysis often, or you could join a team which has a few major studies and spend most of your time on operational or project management work.

Cons

Lower levels of CS is mainly coordination and operational/project management work. So be prepared for that. Promotion depends alot on visibility of your portfolio. If you have many high profile work that the higher ups see, there is a higher chance of promotion than if you are very good at your job on a bunch of lower profile work. Some of the managers are very good at talking, but not so much at teaching or guiding. Thus how fast you learn also depends on whether you have a good manager. Working hours can be quite bad and you may need to OT alot (at times past midnight). Higher management seems to think this is expected.

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1.0
Jun 18, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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