Senior Management and Middle Management gap to big - Anonymous employee Kantar Employee Review

2.0
Aug 9, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great culture amongst peers and people, friends and family feel. WPP/Kantar Group great place to have a large network within the Communications, Media and Insight industry

Cons

TOP DOWN management- state they want to hear "voice of staff", but in action it looks/feels very different. Unluckily disconnect between people doing the business and the ones managing it to large, hence business not even closely performing to its potential.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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