Interesting Work, Horrendous Work/Life Balance - Project Director Kantar Employee Review

1.0
1 Apr 2013
Recommend
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Pros

I was involved in an multi-country segmentation project with a large global client, which allowed for international travel. Overall, interesting project.

Cons

Work/Life balance was unsustainable - Regularly working 12 hour days and weekends. At one point the team was required to pull an all nighter and I ended up working 30 hours straight...absolutely ridiculous. Senior Management - Nothing was done to help a severely overworked team when a senior-level person left mid-project. Given the amount of revenue being produced for the project and the importance of the client, I was shocked that another senior leader didn't step in to guide the project. Salary and compensation - Given the long hours, the salary was unacceptable. Entry-level folks were making less than minimum wage if you calculated it on an hourly basis. Promises were made of generous bonuses that ended up being less than $2k.

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1.0
18 Jun 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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