Great Business Model and Awful leadership model in Central America - Account Executive TransUnion Employee Review

4.0
Apr 23, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great company, innovative, close to customer, high values, evolving all time

Cons

Local Leadership (in Central America) is poor and is "orange squeezer" model, bad practices in promote people with lack of humanity and professionalism in Central America.

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TransUnion Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback. I'm happy to see that you felt TransUnion was a great, innovative company. But, I'm disappointed to read your assessment of local leadership in Central America. Effective leadership is key to our strength and growth as an organization. As you know, we recently changed our structure in Latin America and we expect that additional support will allow us to understand your concerns and offer development to all our associates where possible. We've also been hiring new leadership across the business, and as a Regional President for CLC, I will do everything I can to set them up for success. In regards to your concerns about our promotion practices, our goal is to promote the most qualified individuals who not only have the necessary skills and knowledge but who also demonstrate the personal behaviors consistent with TransUnion’s beliefs. That makes your comments especially concerning for me. If you'd be willing, I would like to have a conversation with you to better understand where you feel we missed the mark - please reach out to me directly at Todd.Skinner@transunion.com. - Todd Skinner, President - TransUnion Canada, Latin America, and Caribbean

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