Experian Americas Reviews

Pros

They offer decent benefits along with 401k match. Many of the sales people are well qualified but are treated very poorly by management.

Cons

Employees never know who will be next to be let go. The poor performance of senior management results in lay offs. Very political. This is not a good company for career advancement. I plan on looking for another job (after my wedding) soon.

Advice to Senior Management

Treat your employees with respect. The morale in the Consumer Information Services division is extremely low. Employees are waitng for the economy to improve and then you will see a mass exodus of sales personnel.

Pros

Ok Bonus yearly and work env

Cons

Little opportunity for career advancement

Advice to Senior Management

Give more oppurtunity to existing employees for career growth

Pros

Benefits, 401K, Ability to work from home

Cons

Some Politics, must strive hard for internal promotions but it is possible.

Pros

Flexible work schedule
No Micro-managing from immediate managers
Good compensation
Great people to work with

Cons

A rather dull campus
Many layoffs over the past 2 years due to poor executive management

Advice to Senior Management

Make sure you bring in an independent research/consultant company before any of your executives make unrealistic sales goals. At the end of the day, they walk out with amazing "parachutes" and packages when they fail, while middle management suffers with minimal severances.

Pros

Good pay and benefits but no loyalty, doesn't matter how hard you work or how smart you are. They manage budgets by reducing headcount. They were ok on letting you work from home at times which is a nice option.

Cons

Poor executive management, resourse cuts used to manage their budget. Hired and fired entire teams in 6 - 8 month period. Executives who aren't well-rounded enough to be in their positions.

Advice to Senior Management

Develop a plan, a realistic one and stick to it. Resource cuts aren't always the answer.

Pros

Good people
Work / life balance encouraged
Learn about credit and credit reporting
OK salary and benefits

Cons

Very political. Typical old boys network, run by a bunch of old boys the CEO brought from his former workplace.
Incompetency among some management, not listening to employees
Layoffs. Plenty of it. Rather than terminating those who performed sub-par, they get rid of the ones who have been with the company long-term and contributed a lot.
Outdated technology and peripherals
No training or classes for administrative level employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up to date with technology. Listen to your employees. Stop laying off good people just because they don't kiss up to management. Find ways to improve employee morale because there is none.

Pros

They promote growth within the company to make sure that their employees are being rewarded with advancement based on their performance

Cons

Management were strict on their cost cutting measures, cutting back on most benefits and merits

Advice to Senior Management

Need to bring back most of the employee's benefits once the company is profitable

Pros

Lots of different opportunity to do different jobs for one parent company. Flexible with work at home options.

Cons

20 sales folks/consultants could call on one strategic account. Experian laid off lots of good sales management with years of service in April 2010. Where is the loyalty?

Advice to Senior Management

There are too many people calling on one account. Its confusing to the customer and frustrating to the salesperson.

Pros

Flexible work schedule
No Micro-managing from immediate managers
Good compensation

Cons

No clear path for career advancement

Advice to Senior Management

Management needs to do better job identifying areas for growth

Pros

Great benefits, interesting projects to work on and very client focused. They have a diversified services offering, so that may offer opportunities for advancement.

Cons

Highly political work environment. You will need to be associated with the top social circles, if not your job is pretty much in jeopardy.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to employees, offer better training, create programs for employees offering advancement, and try to improve movement between various sister companies.