Experian reviews

4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(5,689 total reviews)
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Brian Cassin

88% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Experian has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 5,689 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Experian employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Administración y consultoría industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Feb 12, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Competitive pay package, comparable to other well-paying companies in the industry.

Cons

- Extremely toxic culture, especially if you end up in the wrong team under poor leadership. - Persistent lack of respect for individuals; open insults and public criticism in team meetings are normalised under the label of “challenge.” - Clear rift between Engineering and Product. This was one of the most dysfunctional cross-functional setups I have seen: Product frequently tried to run the show and make technical decisions on behalf of engineers. There was little to no mutual respect between functions. Regular arguments and power struggles added significantly to the overall toxicity. - Strong management bias — employees are judged based on role, tenure, and proximity to management rather than actual contribution. - Performance reviews and year-end ratings lack transparency and can be influenced by trivial factors (e.g. incomplete training), with no real opportunity to challenge outcomes. - The appeal process does not work and feels purely procedural. - Career progression is virtually impossible without being in your manager’s good books, regardless of performance. - Scrum Masters are highly micromanaging: Daily questioning of what you are doing and what you will do next. Excessive tracking and note-taking against tickets. Focus on surveillance rather than enabling delivery or team health. - Poor duty of care towards employee wellbeing and mental health.

1.0
Dec 21, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

ECS (Experian Consumer Services) was a good place to work when I joined several years ago due to the leadership of James Cameron Williams. However it has gone massively downhill with the new CTO and Edu.

Cons

- Mass offshoring to Hyderabad creating a toxic work environment

1.0
Sep 2, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The company has the potential to become an exceptional workplace. The remote work policy is a significant and valuable benefit.

Cons

Compensation: The current compensation structure is not competitive with market rates, which is impacting employee retention and morale. Management: There is a pattern of promoting individuals with poor/aggressive management skills, which has led to a negative work environment and reduced team performance. The inability of some managers to drive decision making or steer a team is simply shocking. And others fixate on minor details and go on extended profanity filled monologues. Performance Reviews: The current performance review and appeals processes lack clear guidelines and accountability, resulting in a perception of unfairness and being subject to misuse. This is compounded by inadequate management training. I have read responses from the Chief People Officer UK&I and think she is painfully out of touch, a shame as I have often been very engaged when attending talks. The appeal process is a total farce as well. Management openly lied and when challenged failed to address, contributing to openly allowing a culture of bullying/retaliation rather than utilising evidence based fact. Career Pathways: The development of career pathways has been an ongoing initiative for several years; however, these efforts have not been successfully driven to completion as they lose momentum at higher levels of management. Employee Engagement: There is a disconnect between the feedback requested in employee surveys and the company's strategic actions, such as the offshoring of UK roles. Surveys are perceived as ineffective and also allow individuals to be identified. Job Security: The company has conducted large-scale redundancy programs over the past two years. Redundancy has been managed poorly and often allowing inexperienced managers to stumble through them unprofessionally. There is no true attempt to find or offer additional roles amounting to a bit of a sham all round. The frequent and successive redundancies have created knowledge loss and delays in responses to urgent issues, making it difficult for teams to meet established targets and maintain morale.

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Experian Response
9mo
Thank you for sharing your experience. We're sorry to hear that your time at Experian didn’t meet expectations. Your feedback on management, performance reviews, and redundancy processes is important and has been shared with our leadership teams. We continue to review our global end-of-year processes to ensure they are transparent, evidence-based, and equitable. Your feedback on the bell curve and appeals process is noted and will be shared with the relevant teams. In Nov we were delighted to be acknowledged as a top 25 World’s Best Workplaces, recognition of our ‘people first’ and purpose driven culture. It is disheartening to read you feel your Experian journey overall was 1 stars given your substantial time with us. We appreciate your insights and wish you all the best in your future career. Global Employer Brand Team
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