Thomson Reuters Reviews in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN Area

Pros

The brand name is good. The company is established

Cons

There is NO advancement opportunity. If you are in the "in-crowd" or buddy-buddy with someone in mangement, you will NOT get promoted and see NO career advancement. It truly is not what you know but WHO you know here. Stay away if you have dreams of having a job higher than the one you come into the door with.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop playing favorites, make requirements for advancements CLEAR and PUBLIC, and stick to it.

Pros

Thomson Reuters offers a wide variety of opportunities to gain experience and knowledge in your chosen field especially in the areas of Legal and Technology. They are striving to elevate the perception of the company as a good place to work and attempting to position themselves as a technology company.

Cons

Career opportunities and advancement at Thomson Reuters are limited and run out fast. Achievements are not adequately rewarded with compensation or advancement.

Advice to Senior Management

If you appreciate the work of your top performers then invest in them. Company picnics do not count as rewards.

Pros

Very family friendly
Great work facilities and ammenities

Cons

Very old boys club
Layoffs done by job, not by performance - you could work really hard and get let go just because they can justify eliminating your position. So some people stay forever and hardly work and others work really hard and still get let go. Very de-motivating.

Advice to Senior Management

Reward your best employees and stop basing layoffs on jobs instead of performance

Pros

very flexible and lots of independence

Cons

minimal feedback and incentives to perform well, can be long and boring

Advice to Senior Management

More communication with interns, more initial training, and more information about how our work contributes to the legal publishing world would have been very useful.

Pros

Great place to write software, very little 3rd party applications.
Write software that is similar to what Google search is doing, but without millions of results, just specific ones on point.

Cons

Lackluster mid level leadership
Company is heavily focusing on the bottom line
salary is below market
leadership tends to manage up and not down

Advice to Senior Management

Bring back the fun, lots of smart people turn them loose.

Pros

Good benefits
3 weeks vacation (4 weeks after 5 years) and 1 week sick leave

Cons

No work from home option
Politics

Pros

I really like the work environment. Not having the campus in the downtown area is a real plus because it makes the commute much more manageable.

Cons

The business model of operating several subsidiaries makes communication across business entities difficult sometimes. I think some of the technology could be streamlined and upgraded.

Pros

The work/life balance is not bad. Telecommuting is available. Benefits are decent. Coworkers are friendly and professional. The work is intellectually challenging and rewarding.

Cons

Salaries are too low compared to the rest of the industry. Too many jobs are outsourced at the expense of quality. Management just uses the excuse of a slower economy year after year to keep salary raises at a bare minimum while sending numerous jobs overseas.

Advice to Senior Management

Change management from the top down. Abandon failed policies of outsourcing and salary cuts. There will never be sustained growth until employees are properly motivated.

Pros

You will be treated well and respected by your managers and most of your coworkers. Work is usually challenging

Cons

Compensation is lower compared to other technology companies. The company recognition is quite low outside of the professions that use their products. The hierarchy is typical of most large corporations that stifle creativity.

Advice to Senior Management

Try to foster creativity within the company instead of just acquiring new companies for innovation.

Pros

Flexible and great work environment. Friendly co-workers, nice cafeterias, outdoor grills etc.

Cons

Pay is below average the market. Specially if it is the first job, climbing up the payscale at a sloth pace is tough. Bonus is very minimal.