C Space Reviews

Pros

Innovative Supportive Great Development and learning ops!

Cons

Consultancy so quick turn results often, but raise hand for help!

Pros

Great company culture, cool clients, interesting work

Cons

Pay is not very competitive, can be tricky to maintain a healthy work-life balance

Pros

C Space is a great company that not only talks the diversity talk and the "bring your whole self to work" talk, but it lives those things, too. There's a lot of flexibility in this fast-paced environment and the people who work here are AMAZING.

Cons

Low pay High cost insurance Poor training Sometimes too much work which equals too much stress

Pros

Good culture and interesting projects.

Cons

Too many overpaid executives who add no value. You can discuss work-life balance and care for the "whole person," but save the equity breath if you are paying executives six-seven times what you are your entry-level staff.

Pros

• Great experience in market research (learning the basics) • Exposure to many industries • Opportunities to take on many projects and responsibilities • Company name will get you in the door for future opportunities/jobs • Found some supportive co-workers

Cons

• Pay is extremely under market value (non negotiable) • Toxic culture (manager dictates your trajectory; account leads often “champion” certain people based on nothing data or metric based; unlikely you’ll get promoted unless other employees leave or you’re “well liked” among leadership - not based on how well you do / often comes down to what account your on; say they promote work-life balance but unless you’re overworked, you’re often not seen as a ‘hard worker’ etc.) • Minimal career trajectory internally (only one path: AC, Consultant, Senior Consultant …) • Elementary quantitative research embedded within reports (extremely qual research based which limits career growth)

Pros

Work and life balance and great flexibility

Cons

Clients always have deadlines to meet

Pros

The people you work with at C Space are exceptional. They are incredibly motivated, smart, and talented, and can deliver insights their clients never dreamed of getting on their own. There's a culture of positive thought, creative problem solving, and rising to meet the moment. The trainings are legitimately informative and helpful--if you work there, you will get better at what you do. The toolkit they give to you to help clients is extensive and versatile. Business seems very strong.

Cons

There are far too few consultants above the associate level to cover the demand from clients. Client services teams are understaffed, and the employees are spread too thin across multiple accounts to do the work as well as it should be done. Many accounts are constant fire drills. Leadership talks about a "C Space Way" of doing things, but different account directors have conflicting ideas of what that means, which leads to confusion and rework. Employee burnout is a significant issue.

Pros

Poor pay, not managed well, favorites always promoted

Cons

Work with good clients, good initial exposure to market research field

Pros

Relatively flat org structure and roles that wear many hats means you will get a ton of exposure and experience under your belt. My 3+ years at C Space were probably some of the most valuable in my career in terms of learning and development. The more you are willing to dive in and try stuff you've never done before, the more you will learn.

Cons

C Space is a market research/insights agency. If you are being told anything else in your interview about strategy, CX, innovation, service design or the like, you will be disappointed in your day to day. The volume of work is unmanageable and you will burn out. Q4 is especially bad, and I regularly worked 60+ hour weeks. I saw co-workers putting in even more time - staying online until all hours to finish projects. Serious problem with toxic positivity. Their value of "tell it like it is" is a joke. If you're having a difficult time and share what you're really feeling and experiencing, you will not be taken seriously, told to "assume positive intent" and penalized when it comes to getting good projects and getting promoted. Their DEI efforts are largely lip service. They say a lot of nice things, but have no commitment to real behavior changes, and no clarity about the types of behaviors that won't be tolerated at work. They also have a cult-like culture and if you don't "fit in," you will be excluded. Co-workers formed real, actual cliques the likes of which I haven't seen since middle school.

Pros

People really care Work life balance Great array of clients Great people Company continues to grow and expand skillsets

Cons

Really depends on which department you work at. Challenges I faced that were supported by senior leaders around me were pushed back upon in other departments, on people with the same role I have!