Pros

different ppl from all kinds of walks of life also you might enjoy the different types of work that they offer their is also a chance of you moving up in the deparments depending on how hard you work how how your manager reposnds to your ideas best thing to do is always write down your idea research firnd the pros and cons and present.

Cons

no recognistion and also too much politics by that I mean their is too much of gossiping and also a bit of groups you would like your in secondary school and its your first day in and everyone is looking at you trying their harderst to figure you out

Advice to Senior Management

nothing

Pros

The people are generally supportive, there's a nice atmosphere. The offices are in a good spot. There are a lot of training opportunities.

Cons

Long hours for not enough remuneration. Can be too much focus on bureaucracy.

Advice to Senior Management

xxx

Pros

Decent pay for an entry level part time job, and easy to get hired there. Work isn't particularly difficult and was okay throughout highschool. I made a fair bit of money and got good hours, without having to cook over a hot stove.

Cons

Work was tedious and you need to have a bit of a backbone. You spend hours just staring at the clock and time went by incredibly slowly. Upper management sometimes treats you like children. Hours were very unpredictable and some people would lose benefits because company did not give them enough hours. Not somewhere you want to work for a long time, but okay for students.

Advice to Senior Management

Get more in touch with the low level employees.

Pros

TNS is generally a very good company to work for. Career progression can be very quick and the graduate scheme constitutes a very good entry-route into the market research industry. Work-life-balance is generally very good (between 35 and 40 hours per week) but depends on the team. TNS is also a very family-friendly company, which can be witnessed by the large number of female executives on maternity leave. It is a company in which amibition gets rewarded - one has to get noticed but can expect to be offered to move wihin the company if getting tired of the current position.

Cons

Career progression depends on two factors - department and individual. One should not expect to be promoted based on merit alone, only if one makes his/her ambitions clear or even threatens to leave one will experience a quick career progression. Otherwise individuals can stay in the same position for years. Promotion also seems to be much more dynamic in smaller departments as opposed to the bigger ones. Overall, work-life-balance is very good at TNS, although here it depends on the actual team one is working in. Certain teams generally seem to be working until 7 or 8pm, whereas employees in other teams generally leave around 5.30. Certain employees have been seen to be working long hours for long periods of time without any apparent support from senior management, which has led to resignations.

Advice to Senior Management

Those employees who are not very vocal about their career ambitions, especially on lower levels, often feel that the promotion process can be unfair. I suggest taking people on those levels more serious, also by speaking to them directly once in a while.

Pros

None - they can't do it right

Cons

Bought companies it doesn't know how to run and destroyed them - chased off all the decent employees at all levels - is top heavy with management and can't keep people to do the actual work - doesn't understand the necessity of doing basic functions to maintain the background data and information needed to continue functioning

Advice to Senior Management

Get over your self and get to work - quit "doing meetings"

Pros

Good opportunities to progress, good people to work with.

Cons

Global company means you can sometimes 'get lost'.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't go ahead with the merger!