Acxiom Reviews

Pros

I really love the people I work this and the work / life balance is great. Most of Acxiom has great flexibility to work from home when needed (expect I just got a new manager who is annoying about that).

Cons

Salaries are not enough and from my experience in there is not much room for growth. A lot of people who I've worked with closely have left and decide to grow their careers elsewhere.

Advice to Senior Management

Raise salaries and promote people every few years. Bonus's and cost of living increases should be standard.

Pros

Some great people and very well positioned given the explosion of data in the world. The opportunity to tackle some very interesting projects and work with some great clients.

Cons

The company is hopelessly confused about where it's going and what it wants to be. There is no vision or strategy and the company isn't investing in the new technology, products and skills that it needs for the digital marketing world. The sales force is very dominant and, with sales people driven purely by their own commission opportunities, the company often sells beyond its capabilities leading to disappointed clients and highly over-worked staff.

Advice to Senior Management

Get focused. Sell parts of the business that don't really fit. Makes the sales force work for the company, not the other way around. Find investment capital and use it.

Pros

Very fair regarding work-life balance issues.
Fairly generous with permission to work remotely/at home.
Some very good coworkers who realize that we're all in the same boat..
Doesn't seem to have any bias regarding age of employees... lots of older, experienced folks.

Cons

Organizational structures, processes and procedures are a disorganized mess.
Incredible amounts of duplication/redundancy among technical groups that support clients.
Lack of consistent, coherent, well-documented business processes, and even less adherance to those that exist.
Client-facing management often does not stick up for their employees/consultants.
Hordes of managers that are barely technically literate, in a technology services company.
No effort by management to streamline or improve processes. Most are made unnecessarily complicated.
Lack of clear-cut growth paths or advancement opportunities.

Net result: employees keeping their heads down and on the lookout for new opportunities elsewhere.

Advice to Senior Management

Mr. New CEO... Please, leave your handlers in their bubble, and hear what your employees have to say. They know what our clients need, as well as what the company and it's employees need as well to thrive. Too much effort, resources and money are wasted on inefficient processes and pet projects and products.

Pros

A good place to work in. You have flexible hours and a good team environment in most teams. Associates are very friendly.

Cons

Salary not competitive and pay scales need to be revised as per market value. Also, there is less growth for an individual in the company.

Advice to Senior Management

Please check salaries and match them to the market standards. Acxiom provides wonderful benefits to associates and it is one of the best companies to work for.

Pros

Co-workers, paid time off, benifits

Cons

No chance to advance, no raises for good work

Pros

Flexibility in taking time off for personal business. Relaxed atmosphere

Cons

it is a good old boy company. Most of those in management are not qualified to be there. Review system is terrible in that you have someone reviewing you that doesn't even know your work ethics. If there is a personal bias against you, you will soon find yourself in the unemployment line. Most former associates who were let go with a "rehire status" are not hired back regardless of how many open positions they apply for. Their applications are never even considered.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop showing favoritism! Dont wait until review time to tell a person how they have been doing for the entire year

Pros

Very Flexible hours
Great Environment to Work

Cons

Too many Acxiom specific tools (not usefull outside the company)
Terrible sallaries compared to other local companies
High insurance deductibles.

Advice to Senior Management

Offer better sallaries, and better health insurance deductables.

Pros

Smart, talented coworkers who are willing to share knowledge and are a lot of fun
Convenient midtown location
Not hassled taking time off if you have coverage

Cons

Compensation is not on par with the rest of the industry
Promotions are not based on any guidelines
Upper management (in NY office and overall) is terrible - just care about the money you bring in, not about your career or you as a person
No career development

Advice to Senior Management

PLEASE reassess leadership in all offices, and give ONGOING management training. Pay attention to the ASATs and actually do something based on what people say.
You have some really smart, talented, nice people working for you, although you are losing them fast. Create an onboarding process to train people properly and then give them ongoing training and career development.

Pros

The flexibiltiy in working from home, leaving early, and working non-traditional hours.

Cons

The salary is inconsistent for teh same job role. Raises seem to be based on who you know.

Advice to Senior Management

Deal the final death blow to the "good ol' boy" network.

Pros

Flexible work hours and Acxiom is a leader in its industry. I've had a good career here with several opportunities for advancement.

Cons

The recent restructuring of management has left the company on shaky footing. Large projects have had a difficult time getting the right backing and most fail.