Grail Research Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Grail Research full-time for more than a year

Pros – 1. High Calibre peers and seniors
2. Open work culture - respectful and congenial
3. Diverse leaning opportunities

Cons – 1. Less hikes and overall CTC not in line with industry standards
2. Career path not well defined , stagnation beyond a certain point which makes work and responsibilities monotonous

Advice to Senior Management – Define proper career paths for every designation across the firm
Should be able to pushback on red-tapism of parent company
Do market correction exercise of salary bands at all levels - across functional areas

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Grail Research

Pros – Opportunity to learn new things

Cons – Work Life Balance is not there

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Grail Research

Pros – good team working environment but the US teams were not very qualified . good work life balance

Cons – bad senior management then not aware now

Advice to Senior Management – none.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Grail Research full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great strategy work. Excellent place to learn new skills.

Cons – Poor Work Life Balance, Needs to grow in Size to provide more opportunities.

Advice to Senior Management – Sustainability, Employer Friendly Behaviour, Work Life Balance, Better Salary Packages

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Grail Research full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Some project experience and exposure can be really good. Clients are top shot. Some of the demanding projects and collaboration with Monitor makes you love or hate the industry

Cons – The senior management lives by their whims and fancies. Careers are dependent as much on them. An organization where you want to move right, talk right, as they are watching. Funny comments plenty in review appraisals.

Advice to Senior Management – So fluid that you dont know what you stand for. There is so much change that keeps on happening.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Grail Research full-time for more than a year

Pros – All the help and growth you require when you are a fresher

Cons – There are no cons as such

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Grail Research full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Its Culture, People, employee friendliness, and ofcourse the quality of work and opportunities to grow

Cons – too many custom projects , too focused on meritocracy

Advice to Senior Management – Work on rebuliding the Grail Brand, share the new business with the employees on more regular basis

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Grail Research

Pros – 1) Good Training program,known as the East point . But these days, the company has stopped giving those
2) Smart people around you to work with, mostly from reputed colleges
3) Good HR
4) You'll make a lot of friends

Cons – 1) The company is going down, with almost all groups dissolved, only 2 major groups are functioning and even those do not have enough projects. Half of the company is unstaffed
2) Some managers, who have been in the system for long, dominate major decisions.
3) They fire you almost instantly, without any warning or so
4) No Work LIFe balance
5) Cab facility too expensive
6) Not in a safe Area
7) Pay hikes are Insulting. About 2-5 % usually unless you've given too much in the previous cycle, then you mihgt get a raise of 8%. Very Rare though
8) Earlier a part of the Monitor Group, but now Integreon, since then, the culture has suffered significantly
9) People responsible for setting up the company, that is the cream of the company, have already left . Senior management almost everybody is gone

Advice to Senior Management – Hire according to your needs

Current Employee – been working at Grail Research full-time for less than a year

Pros – Nice and healthy culture and environment
Helpful staff and management
Nice and helpful training
If you are in Quantitative Research Analytic team, you might get to work on some good project

Cons – No job security
Takes lot of time for promotion/rewards
Less salary and hike
if in other team than QRA, all you be doing is googling and copy pasting.
Some PL+ are scared of client

Advice to Senior Management – Not to do every thing what client ask for, but see if you can actually deliver that.
Not to make your associates to work till late, but to ask client if the reports can be deliver on next day
Improve on deciding timelines and deadlines

Current Employee – been working at Grail Research full-time for less than a year

Pros – High intellectual level of colleagues, which creates a good work environment.
Anyone who joins the firm with an aim to grow will in high probability achieve that goal.

Cons – Monetary incentives not competitive to market.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend