The saddest, most wasteful period of my life to date. - Production Technician Cision Employee Review

2.0
26 May 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Stability if you are in one of the big offices. Fixed shift and no more or less than 40 hours a week. Benefits. Very easy work. Managers in broadcast production are very understanding. Very relax environment - almost no stress. When it's low season, lots of time to spend online. Very casual attire.

Cons

The most boring job in the world. There is NO growth at all, you will be stuck in the same position forever. They treat everything like life or death when in reality, it's not such an important product they are selling. They hire crazy people, seriously, they look for crazy, mean, obnoxious, stupid people and hire them. Higher management makes the most ridiculous, dumb decisions ever. They are very cheap. They almost never offer raises (and when they do, it's very little), the yearly bonus is $50 and any perks are only for the sales team. And worst of all you receive no usable work experience. You don't really learn anything new or practice any skills you might. Every duty at Cision is so company-specific that it has been impossible for me to find another job that I am qualified for. Moral amongst the employees is horrible, everyone hates being there so complaining is all you hear all day long.

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5.0
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CEO approval
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Pros

Allows for a professional development, flexible PTO and work life balance

Cons

Leadership changes and challenging sales environment

2.0
3 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Decent work life balance, some good teammates who care about each other and the company makes payroll on time (for most people)

Cons

The executives can’t stand each other and can’t make decisions, so the rest of us were left running in circles. Revenue has declined every year and it keeps getting worse. We had at least 4 layoffs a year and they never communicate them — one day your coworkers just don’t show up. Everyone is constantly looking over their shoulder. The best people have already left because they see the writing on the wall. The products aren’t good and aren’t getting better. They keep talking about Nexus but no one knows what it means or who even wants it. Numbers change depending on who’s presenting them and why. There’s no consistent story on targets internally, which makes it impossible to plan or prioritize anything. PE ownership and puppets in the C Suite meant that every decision gets filtered through “what does this look like for the exit” rather than what’s actually good for the business or the people in it. Compensation hasn’t kept up, especially after layoffs when your workload doubles and nothing changes in your paycheck. No real investment in development either. Bottom line: you’re a headcount, not a person. And they manage by spreadsheet not logic.

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