Pros
Good exposure to large corporates primarily in FMCG, retailing and consultancy.
Cons
Overburdened research department, ridiculous project schedules, rampant usage of non-qualified freelancers = declining research quality. You start to wonder whether the people in charge live in another dimension. Hiring fresh graduates and freelancers then blaming them for not doing work that is clearly out of their league. The people in charge clearly don't know what proper research should look like. For a provider of statistical market data , the methods used in producing (or making up?) the datapoints are shambolic or non-existent. There are no research project documentation practices in place which is funny because the projects are repeated annually. Analysts have no clue what the previous person did, so reinventing the wheel is a common occurence. Clients see that data is often totally wrong and rightfully question data reliability. Instead of investing in high-quality data sources, data mining, web scraping, BI visualisation tools, advanced analytics and proper statistical models, they boast that 1% of revenue was spent on CSR. This feels like a spit in the face given that each time ideas that would improve research quality are shut down because "there are not enough resources". You're a B2B service company, nobody cares about your CSR activities. People get fed up and leave. The number of analysts that leave the company is just too high. But what can you expect if you get treated like an expendable work horse. Squandering talented people is one of the core competences of management at Euromonitor. The company is left with yesmen that would agree to anything as long as it does not solve real problems which plague the company.