Unreliable, no job security, no work-life balance - Associate Research Manager Kantar Employee Review

1.0
24 Sept 2020
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Pros

If you are a fresher it's a good place to learn

Cons

I never I would say that, since I was always eager to be the part of Kantar but ever since I have joined I even heard it from my colleagues that Kantar is not that company anymore- It's not employee friendly No work life balance Salaries for first few years is pretty less No job security- lay offs are crazy, can't trust the management as they don't think about their employees once and ruthlessly throwing them out of the jobs, they don't value loyalty and performance Lay offs are irrespective to the performance, 10-15 years old employees are being laid off, that too without even consulting with their managers, so I dont know how is that justified When the pandemic started Kantar was the first to cut salary that too by a large proportion and laid off huge number of employees which is still going on Keeping all these in mind I don't think it's at all wise to work for a company like that...I mean what's the use if you join and within two months you get a call that we will have to let you go (this has actually happened)

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2.0
30 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Hard working associates, mostly bright (and admirable) heads of department. Good benefits. Previous CEO seemed like a genuinely nice guy and would listen to you if you approached him about something.

Cons

There’s a lot of reasons why top notch talent has long jumped ship. Great at sounding smart…terrible at actually getting the revenue to avoid the wholesale data asset sell offs going on. Terribly overcomplicated product portfolios with inflexible solutions at higher costs than smaller leading agencies that have outpaced them. Department heads gaslighting everyone under VPs about performance when they aren’t winning the internal Hunger Games and are told to reduce headcount.

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