- Analysts expected to write reports, create content marketing, generate new business and sales and manage databases all in a single role. In essence, you will definitely do more work than what is advertised
- Oftentimes, middle management suffers from poor structure. I often felt micromanaged, reprimanded for seemingly insignificant things and even denied opportunities in some cases for no apparent reason. Such micromanagement was off-putting, with comments implying that I was unable to carry out my role properly.
- While senior management have been fantastic in setting expectations from the role, middle managers often over-emphasised the importance, and thus pressure of the role.
- For a company that prides itself on its flexible working policy, such privilege was not afforded to me (again for no apparent reason) and was only granted after I pushed back on it
- As a graduate, the role becomes boring quickly, especially as you are expected to write reports on markets that rarely change. Having heard senior members describe the core business model of Signify Research as ‘reproducing the same content year on year’, I was actively discouraged from engaging with the role and don’t think there is scope to learn or develop a career as a result.
- Career progression is almost non existent. After spending over a year in the role, I was not moved up the internal role bands at all and was told that a progression to the position above mine would be unlikely even after 3-5 years in the role.