Euromonitor reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(840 total reviews)

Tim Kitchin

67% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Euromonitor has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 840 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Euromonitor employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

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840 reviews
1.0
Aug 30, 2011

No Brains Behind The Operation

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

There are smart, high energy, fun, academic people here, that are under utilized and deserve to work at places that are also smart, high energy, fun, academic (like google, facebook -could list hundreds of places more fun, smarter, better, and more deserving.)

Cons

Benefits, this company is not keeping up with the wave of incoming companies that have chosen to make good benefits part of the methodology in how you retain talent, and drive your company up. No team spirit. Investing in fun and happy environment isn't a priority, a perk, or important. Commission is flat. Yes it's a decent number. However commission is based off of numerous factors like if the client is a new client or a renewing clients. Renewing clients aren't worth anything. And commission payout assumes you've met target, however meeting target is more challenging when it's based off clients being new, not renewed. Over all, commission structure changes based on company structure - so you can agree to one thing when you are hired, then get another when they change how they do commission or sales. Which happens. Management is becoming less competent, rather than more, and I don't know how that happens. Certain managers need serious anger management, and are liabilities. Yet, they still have jobs, that is because the company does not value employees. This company, really shouldn't even have it's doors open at this point. Other than people enjoying some work invented friendships, there is nothing else here, the product isn't well respected. The company has had turn over every month (however, it's a small company and turn over shouldn't be as bad as it is), and the company seems either ignorant or indifferent that many of us are trying to save our careers and self happiness - by leaving.

2.0
Aug 28, 2011
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Provides opportunities to work on a broad range of topics and subjects and to gain some experience. Nice colleagues, good location.

Cons

Poor pay, lack of clear career progression path, lack of feedback for work well done, output not up to industry standards because a lot of work is carried out by temporary, unqualified freelance staff to save costs.

4.0
Aug 5, 2011
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

-The work. I’m on the sales team and I get to have interesting conversations with executives in some of the biggest and most progressive companies in the world. I work across multiple levels and functions so get to work with a lot of different people in those companies. -Excellent work/life balance. Overall people in this office tend to work very reasonable hours (9-5), especially compared to other professional services firms. There are teams, specifically the research teams, that do have weeks where they work long hours but in general the hours promote a strong work/life balance. Additionally there is no “blackberry” culture here. Managers don’t expect you to be responsive to their emails in the evenings and on the weekends. In fact, many employees don’t even have their work email on their phones. -Generous incentive package. I’ve been in a commission-based role for the past 7 years and this is one of the best plans I’ve seen. Commissions are paid out monthly and the annual targets are reasonable. Commissions are also uncapped; at goal you can double your salary but you could triple your salary if you had a good year. -Smart, nice and worldly colleagues. It’s almost just as common to hear non-English languages being spoken in the office as it is to hear English. The people here are incredibly smart but not just book-smart. Most people have lived abroad, many speak multiple languages and it seems like everyone here has these incredibly interesting hobbies on top of their work life. I enjoy coming into the office. -Ability to set your own travel schedule. Though as sales people we do travel, and though managers will push you to see clients, you have a lot of authority on when and where you travel. I’ve read reviews on this site that talk about how much travel is involved in the role and I have to strongly disagree with those comments. The average person probably travels once every 4-6 weeks and the heaviest travelers are on the road every 1.5 weeks. -The local leadership team that promotes a casual and open office culture. There isn’t a strong feeling of a hierarchy here and people are allowed to be themselves in the office. We have a lot of kooky personalities at Euromonitor but that’s one of the things I like best about our office.

Cons

-The benefits package isn't good compared to other companies I've worked for. We are a small company and I don’t expect the same type of benefits I got at large companies, but, if I’m honest, they’ve cut too much. The health plan is expensive on an individual basis and impossibly expensive to have a family on the plan. Additionally the company has chosen not to offer domestic partnership plans. -The base salaries are lower than other professional sales roles. That said, for people in sales roles the take-home pay can be amazing if you’re doing well on your incentive plans. -Euromonitor grew so quickly yet roles and responsibilities were never re-considered after we went from a small to a medium-sized business. There is confusion on who owns what and this can sometimes lead to contentious relationships with your peers. There is an organized effort right now to clarify roles so we’re moving in the right direction. -Lack of a long-term upward career path for those that want it. Though the company has developed “Senior” titles within existing roles and “Team Lead” positions there is a lack of clarity on who gets these jobs and why. It seems like people are being promoted as a reward for tenure or for revenue generation rather than overall performance which includes creating positive internal relationships and demonstrating leadership ability (the latter being especially important for “Team Lead” positions which require you to manage). -The global leadership team is disconnected from the Chicago office and when they do connect into the team they don't promote a positive work environment. We don’t hear anything from our London-based leadership team on a regular basis. When they do come to town, they don’t make a huge effort to get to know the staff or even interact with the staff. Interactions are often contentious and you often walk away feeling insulted and disposable (this is the case no matter how well you’re performing). That said, these interactions happen only a few times a year as the global leadership team rarely makes it to Chicago, and since the local leadership team is nice, the negative feelings about management are short-lived. -Euromonitor has a terrible charitable giving policy. Despite the fact that many of the employees work for non-profits or sit on non-profit boards, the company doesn’t seem interested in charitable giving.

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