Experian Americas Reviews

Pros

Experian is a dynamic, interesting, global organization. Talented executive management team. Amazing benefits. Great development opportunities.

Cons

Lack of consistency in culture and employment experience across Experian companies and business units.

Advice to Senior Management

Seek more leadership consistency across EI, CSDA and EMS - at high levels culture and employment experience should be consistent

Pros

Hard working and fun People
Benefits are the best I have ever seen
Communication from Executives
Community involvement
Many fun events throughout the year

Cons

More involuntary turnover than most places I have worked
The four division are very different and thre is not interactions between businesses

Pros

great sense of family here in Lincoln, my team is fantastic to work with and it shows based on the tenure of our group. We tend to hire only the best and brightest folks to work here and it makes getting things done much easier. Local management is great here and do the best job I think they can at getting the point across with respect to communications about the company at large.

Cons

not much here in Lincoln...perhaps better coffee :) At times it would be nice to have more contact with other leaders in other locations.

Advice to Senior Management

Leadership and work environment is what you make it. Don't wait for corporate policies and changes to happen in order to change environment...we all can share in that and make Experian a great place to be.

Pros

Average benefits including healthcare, 401k, company car. Lots of travel which provides airmile benefits. Channel Executives are superior to the management.

Cons

Inferior management. My VP can hardly work a computer! Constantly reorganizing and getting rid of valuable people (expecially those with tenure). I am so disappointed. I was hired by the President of Credit Services and didn't realize that he brought all of his banking cronies on board. Totally destroyed what was once a great company. The stress is so bad that it affects my day to day activities. Senior management profiles and targets groups of people for termination.

Advice to Senior Management

Experian is not a bank so stop trying to run it like one. People like me should be promoted to help turn this abyss around.

Pros

The vacation time is great and they even offer have options for insurance. They sometimes promote within and depending on your position you may be able to balance between work and family time.

Cons

They are only focused on investors and will do anything they can to show them they are growing. The pay is low and they love to do mass layoffs. If you are desperate for a pay check that pays more a little bit more than unemployment than this won't let you down. Why too many hurdles to jump when trying to get to get something done internally. Also, depending on your position you may never truly get a vacation because of the company’s expectations.

Advice to Senior Management

Go back to being a private company and start caring about your employees again. Look into promoting within instead always going outside the company.

Pros

Very Risky place to work

Cons

Reorganizations evey 6 months

Executive management at Corporate justify their poor performance by constantly changing local Managemet

Pros

Senior Management motivated workers well. Nice location and work environment. Salaries seemed competitive. Management works magic to meet number to get bonuses out to workers.

Cons

Mandatory furlows and vacation usage when numbers are weak. Local management seems to have been placed based on favoritism lowering its quality. Silo'd work groups limited company wide standards for any type of job process consistency.

Advice to Senior Management

Implement processes to promote quality managers to ensure work is smooth and efficient.

Pros

Great benefits, HQ in great location. Some very good people but....not enough of them.

Cons

Unfortunatley they do not promote from within, and not on merit. Lots of dead wood within the company. Senior Managment just goes through the motions in regards to Employee development, creating new opportunities and listening to new ideas. Companies different divisions work in vaccum's, structure of sales organisation makes little sense with endless power struggles over 'accounts and territory', watch you back .

Advice to Senior Management

Care about your employees, and the preparation they put into presentations to management, e.g. Territory Reviews...actually listen and do not leave the room. Be honest about opportunities or lack there of, embrace to new ideas don't be threatened by them.

Pros

Good parent company. Get to know a lot of data a modeling.

Cons

No strategic vision for that markets group.

Advice to Senior Management

Hire and retain good people.

Pros

Great Health Care and Benefits

Cons

Management are antiquated and have poor leadership skills

Advice to Senior Management

Treat your employees with more respect, listen to feedback, and do something about employee morale.