Intelligent Employees but Unreasonable Expectations - Anonymous employee Hanover Research Employee Review

1.0
22 July 2015
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Hanover attracts incredibly intelligent staff making it a great place to develop your skill set. They also provide a lot of upward mobility for employees just starting out in account management. The company and workforce are young and there is palpable energy in the air.

Cons

Leadership of the Account Management department consistently requires long hours. Management sets high goals and does not adapt them for employee resources and capacity. Additionally, all management and non-manager levels are micro-managed to the point of updated status reports multiple time a week during campaigns and the last six weeks of the quarter. Lastly, executive management rules with an iron fist and provides little positive feedback outside of meeting revenue goals.

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Hanover Research Response
10y
Thank you for your feedback. The Account Management team is responsible for managing the relationships with our clients, making it a highly skilled and highly valued role at the company. Team members within this position are frequently required to commit significant effort to internal coordination, client service, and revenue objectives. Hanover's core objective is to serve our clients and there are times when our Account Management team is expected to do more than a regular 40 hour work week to meet this objective. Acknowledging this, Hanover has put tools in place to help manage the prioritization of tasks and workload. Hanover has recently invested in a senior manager training module to ensure that we are equipping our managers with the tools needed to foster successful employee/manager relationships. In addition, we are exploring additional flexibility options like dedicated planning days that can be incorporated into the role to encourage and support increased work/life balance. We look forward to continuing these investments and making efforts to address any and all work/life balance concerns. We are always receptive to feedback and suggestions from staff to improve the challenging aspects of a role so encourage current employees in this role to share their suggestions and feedback with their manager or directly with me.

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5.0
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Pros

Company's culture is great. Lots of nice and brilliant people to work with.

Cons

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Hanover Research Response
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Thank you for your review. We are happy to hear you enjoyed working at Hanover! Please feel free to reach out to peoplesupport@hanoverresearch.com with any more information or if you have questions about our annual performance review process and career pathways. -The People Team
3.0
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Pros

The people and the clients

Cons

Leadership is too far from the work to understand how things actually function

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