Avoid if you have some work experience
Arbeitsatmosphäre
This depends on the department. Generally, research is relaxed, sales is competitive in a bad way (particularly between offices) and consulting is dramatically overworked and overstressed with deadlines. The leadership doesn't implement any measures to change that. The managers are too inexperienced to be able to judge the real value of one's work, hence the working atmosphere suffers. The atmosphere between colleagues is otherwise good. Unless one is really unlucky and ends up in a situation where colleagues are putting pressure on each other due to a unmeetable job requirements. This is rather exception than the rule, but if that happens, no measures are undertaken to alleviate the situation. As long as projects/tasks are completed, why bother, right?
Kommunikation
Local management repeats like parrots what is being communicated by the HQ. While there are quarterly updates about office performance, the country manager doesn't know how to build a readable chart with axis descriptions so the numbers are not communicated in a transparent way. Employee feedback is not desired, not escalated and not acted upon. In sum: top-down communication wanting, bottom-up non-existant.
Kollegenzusammenhalt
This is mostely pretty good.
Work-Life-Balance
Again depends very much on the department. Some people are far from overworking themselves and can enjoy the benefits of summer Fridays or what not. Others have too much work to complete to be so fortunate. In consulting doing much (unpaid and unclaimable) overtime is the norm.
Vorgesetztenverhalten
This is truly the worst aspect of working at this company. There are two types of managers 1) experienced but blind: those people have worked at Euromonitor for the better part of their lives, they know how things work and are able to share that knowledge. Unfortunately, they lack any real business experience and can never think outside of the Euromonitor box. 2) reatively new managers who are so inexperienced and so afraid to show it they cannot/won't even cover for your tasks if you are out of office for a few days*.
*btw except for sales, there is no replacement rules if you are on leave. Even coming back from a family emergency leave, tasks remain piled up and no support is offered. Easiest way to burnout.
How is it that managers at Euromonitor seldomly quit and never suffer any consequences if something goes wrong? There is only employee rotation at lower levels...
Transparency and good values are written in company presentations, but if management writes positive company reviews on kunuu about what is essentially their performance, you can imagine the reality.
Interessante Aufgaben
This is actually the best aspect. There is lots to learn the first few months and years and interesting clients to serve. Unfortunately, due to lack of product development and rigid company processes, the tasks don't evolve so after a while, nothing new can be added to your skills. Therefore, only join if you have relatively little work experience and leave after approx. two tears.
Gleichberechtigung
Men are systematically paid more than women (also because of staffing on different positions). There are big salary disparities between employees holding same positions.
Umgang mit älteren Kollegen
Few people above 35 are employed at this office, so in a way not an issue. However, this in itself should tell you not to apply if you are above that age. You will have nothing new to learn, and will be treated equally with the 25 year olds.
Arbeitsbedingungen
Modern office with good equipment. Nothing special and nothing bad. Open office.
Umwelt-/Sozialbewusstsein
Some green-washig activities do take place. There are two days off for volunteering per year to be taken. Some people have fun.
Gehalt/Sozialleistungen
Apparently, recently improved and competitive in the business of market research providers. In my time, inadequate to work performance. Everyone recieved a top-up as inflation adjustment, which is pretty fair.
Image
Pretty good, as despite bad working conditions, the company product is on par with the competition.
Karriere/Weiterbildung
Nice on the job training into own methodologies, no further skill development support. Promotions depend a lot on the direct manager who makes a case for you or doesn't. Some managers are good to push promotions and some just don't.