Remote work available, but management is ineffective and stressful - Anonymous employee Circana Employee Review

2.0
29 June 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Remote work 100%. Good relationship with some of my coworkers..

Cons

Upper management clueless. My manager’s manager is always making mountains out of a molehills. The pace of tasks/projects is not sustainable. People in my department are burnt out. Everything is an emergency and very little time given to analyze and resolve a problem before 2-3 more are piled on. People become disenchanted and morale is super low. Not a good place to work for. Excessive micromanagement. Insane amount of documentation for simple tasks. Convoluted processes that only waste people’s time. Is like shoveling chit against the tide.

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5.0
18 June 2026
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Pros

Excellent company but it highly depends on the team you are in. I have had roles where I had a lot of work to the point of exhaustion and roles with excellent work life balance. Managers are typically great. Good environment and continues to do diversity measures despite the current environment which is great. The work is interesting and the data is good quality.

Cons

They are starting to use AI. There are some layoffs happening in some teams

1.0
24 June 2026
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Pros

I had genuinely delightful direct managers and fellow core team members. My managers did an excellent job shielding their direct reports from the chaos above them, but it took a toll. PTO and work-life balance were good for me, but not everyone. Unlimited PTO gets a bad rap, but the flexibility was appreciated as was remote work. I loved the “Me days” arrangement around long weekends.

Cons

It’s hard for people to do their best work when they’re living perpetually in a state of fight or flight. If you had trouble logging into your laptop, you immediately assumed you’d been laid off but hadn’t been told yet. “Reorganizations” were so constant, you always thought you were next. Leadership preaches work-life balance but actively discourages it in practice.

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