3.0
Mar 8, 2016
Anonymous employee
Former employee, more than 10 years
Recommend
Business Outlook
Pros
Lots of innovative and intelligent people, good benefits, not too stressful (unless meeting a crazy deadline or in sales I would imagine), great work/life balance
Cons
IHS was at the time very acquisition heavy. They would acquire businesses, some of them that didn't fit their current portfolio (iSuppli, Screen Digest, Polk) and lacked any kind of direction for these stepchild acquisitions. IHS is a big company so unless you are up there in management, you are just a number. Layoffs happen about twice a year. If you come from an acquisition and you make too much money for your position, you will get chopped.