Has gone awfully downhill since sale to private equity firm - Research Manager Verian Group Employee Review

1.0
28 Feb 2025
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Pros

I would have said brand value for your CV, but the rebrand from Kantar to Verian has negated even that. The colleagues were incredibly intelligent and experienced and I learned a lot from them.

Cons

Atrocious work culture, especially for long term employees who get taken for granted. Long hours, no overtime pay, and little recognition for picking up extra work. Since they were bought up by a private equity firm, everything has been in transition, along with cost cutting measures (including a number of redundancies). Employees were just expected to deal with significant transitional mistakes on top of regular workload, and senior leadership took no responsibility. No consideration for impact on mental health, and an especially bad place to work as a minority of any kind, as it's mainly full of posh white folks. All senior leadership is white men who are steeped in their privilege. Would not recommend as a place to work, despite some amazing government contracts (which I expect them to lose sooner or later, as they haemorrhage their best researchers).

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1.0
23 Apr 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The organisation delivers genuinely meaningful work on important projects. There are many highly talented, dedicated, and committed people working here, and the quality of the output is strong as a result. For many, the mission and the work itself are a real positive and can feel rewarding.

Cons

In my experience, the working environment is extremely high-pressure, with long hours and heavy workloads that are considered the norm rather than the exception. Stress and burnout are not meaningfully acknowledged or addressed in practice, even though they are clearly present across teams. I have observed multiple people struggling under sustained pressure, with regular stress-related absences and clear signs of burnout. On one occasion I personally witnessed a colleague have a breakdown in the office. This did not feel like an isolated incident, but rather part of a wider pattern of strain within the organisation. There appears to be limited effective action taken to address workload or wellbeing issues at a structural level, which contributes to an environment that feels unsustainable over time. Many of us feel deeply concerned about the safety of employees in this type of environment.

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5.0
1 Jul 2026
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Pros

Good work life balance. Meaningful work. Great team.

Cons

Occasionally very busy, but this goes in cycles.

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