A Sinking Ship - Anonymous employee Wood Mackenzie Employee Review

1.0
Apr 3, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some of my lower-level co-workers are kind, passionate people who try every day to bring their best to the company and its customers

Cons

This use to be such a wonderful company. Unfortunately there were several mergers and ultimately the resultant company was recently sold to a PE firm (public knowledge). The result of all of this is a haphazard mess with no direction or soul. Nearly all of the best people fled for greener pastures during the many mergers or chose to take severance with the recent sale. Those left are miserable and just punching in for a paycheck. All of the magical unifying culture is gone and all that is left is desperation and frustration. Upper management makes hollow statements about a new era but the only changes they implement just make things worse. Pay is low compared to competitors and that gulf is expected to widen with the new PE ownership. Employees have been threatened against sharing salary information with each other which is truly bizarre.

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Cons

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Pros

Appreciated working with smart, driven colleagues; they were truly experts in their fields. The rigorous schedules we were on were strictly maintained, which usually made for a very organized structure and workload.

Cons

Leadership went through many changes and acquisitions while I was there. The mission seemed to keep changing, and it wasn't easy to maintain consistency in our reports with such leadership changes. Market analysts were often pulled onto consulting projects but were not paid as consultants. This is what pushed me to leave.

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