I give this place ~2 years before it falls apart - Anonymous employee Kantar Employee Review

1.0
Jul 5, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Camaraderie among junior team. Subsidized booze... etc. Quick promotions but then when you leave the titles aren't transferable, in part because we aren't promoted based on experience but on how much the partners like us. That said you can rise through the ranks absurdly quickly if you put in the time... but then you're a director in your mid-20s at some third-rate "brand consultancy" (market research firm) that no one's ever heard of and you're not even making that much money.

Cons

The partners have no prior industry or consulting experience and as a result are truly incompetent. The clients don't respect us and use us to create massive decks with typically limited internal impact. Our junior clients will take a few of our data points and share with senior leadership, but we are not usually in the room for any real marketing organization's senior meetings. Sexual harassment is a very common occurrence. Every female employee has a story... as do most of the males. The hours are crazy, which is normal for consulting and what most of us signed up for--but the pay is far below industry standard and the work is very poor because again: the partners are clueless. Unhealthy culture where partners find it acceptable to comment on their employees' looks, clothing, wealth. Heavy drug culture as well.

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2.0
May 30, 2026
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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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