Ipsos Reviews

Pros

- Intelligent coworkers
- large company with room to move between divisions
- fun office culture
- senior management that cares about everyone's success

Cons

- busy hours
- little interaction between divisions
- having to work through the corporate chain of command for decisions/information

Advice to Senior Management

- continue to be supportive of the analysts below you, respect across all levels will definitely go a long way to developing trust and building a strong future team of managers

Pros

Global reach and usually profitable

Cons

Departments totally in silos, nobody knows what's going on or wants to make a decision. I'd always had great respect for this company - until I worked there. It was a disappointment. Like anyplace of course it depends on your specific role and manager too. But the truth was that I was not at all impressed with what I saw or heard. My respect for the company faded fast once I was inside.

Advice to Senior Management

Dont buy companies and rip to shreds everything that was good about them, especially if you are lacking those qualities in your company. Be honest and straightforward about what's coming next, otherwise you appear dishonest and disingenuous.

Pros

If one is client facing, it's a great place to gain some experience. However, not many people are client facing and those that are overworked.

Cons

The financial focus is all encompassing. Internal monthly reports rarely, if ever, touch upon the clients satisfaction with the Ipsos deliverables.

Pros

really good managers who have an excelleent work ethic with fantastic projects and sometimes cookies are given to us on fridays

Cons

sometimes there are very long working hours, from 8 to 8 or so. This can lead to fatigue sometimes.

Advice to Senior Management

keep on going the way you are going. the international integration is imperative for the stability of the firm today.

Pros

Provide great trainings for new employees to build foundation

Cons

Don't think compensation is competitive vs. other market research companies

Advice to Senior Management

Continue focusing on innovation

Pros

-Really nice coworkers
-Mostly competent people
-Can come in at 9am instead of 8am
-Decent benefits
-Free bagels once a month

Cons

-overly micro-managed
-boring, repetetive tasks
-nobody leaves before 7pm
-tight arbitrary deadlines
-alternate between over-worked and nothing to do
-no client interaction
-too much detail-checking, not enough big-picture stuff
-zero creativity involved
-blanket promotions allow the wrong people to become managers
-really high turn-over
-no work-life balance
-very political- all depents on whims of sr. manager
-some people can get away with murder, while others (me) are micro-managed to death

Advice to Senior Management

Treat people in entry-level positions like intelligent human beings. We are not machines, who can just check numbers for 10 hrs a day.

Pros

Can learn a lot because you juggle many projects at one time.
The people are great and like a family and will pitch in to help out.

Cons

Lots of hours.
The better you are, the more your work.
Don't retain grade A talent due to lack of long-term development programs.

Advice to Senior Management

Really invest in star talent, don't just offer lip service.

Pros

Flexible work hours. Ability to work remote.

Cons

Better training and systems to increase work efficiencies

Advice to Senior Management

none

Pros

In my department and function there's a good amount of flexibility to work from home. People are helpful and willing to assist when asked. There's a lot of knowledge in the company so a great place to learn and grow.

Cons

Not a very social culture so if that matters to an individual, it's a challenge. It can be a little isolating.

Pros

It's a big company with all the perks you'd expect from one in terms of benefits.
Most people I interacted with outside the SF office seemed capable, respectful, and deserving of their titles. (Wish I could say the same for the SF office...)

Cons

In this particular office (because I can't speak to any others) leadership is extremely poor, employee morale is very low, and some people in management roles should definitely not be in them.