Market reputation is faltering; intensifying competition is taking its toll; penetration into new markets is not well thought out; opaque company strategy ("WoodMac 2.0"), not fully understood at all levels; hazy alignment with Verisk; cumbersome, reluctant decision-making, slow responses; weak integration of acquisitions; erosion of subject matter expertise; very dated IT infrastructure; cumbersome client-user interfaces; short-sighted opex control
Small company culture is quickly eroding; highly disruptive levels of employee turnover; widely varied employee satisfaction (non-UK offices, & downstream business segments are much lower); plum international jobs mostly go to UK expats; gender imbalance at senior levels; shambolic regional sales & marketing, totally consumed by their CRM processes