Coleman Research Reviews
Updated Mar 25, 2023
- Administrative
- Arts & Design
- Business
- Consulting
- Customer Services & Support
- Education
- Engineering
- Finance & Accounting
- Healthcare
- Human Resources
- Information Technology
- Legal
- Marketing
- Media & Communications
- Military & Protective Services
- Operations
- Other
- Product & Project Management
- Research & Science
- Retail & Food Services
- Sales
- Skilled Labor & Manufacturing
- Transportation
- Current Employees
- Part-time
- Contract
- Internship
- Full-time
- Freelance
- Worldwide
- Australia - All Cities
- - Western Australia
- - Perth, Australia
- - Perth, Western Australia
- United States - All Cities
- - New York State
- - New York City, NY
- - New York, NY
- - North Carolina
- - Raleigh-Durham, NC
- - Raleigh, NC
- - Statesville, NC
- - Mooresville, NC
- - Charlotte, NC
- - Charlotte, NC
- - Asheville, NC
- - Sapphire, NC
- - Connecticut
- - Bridgeport, CT
- - Greenwich, CT
- - Tennessee
- - Nashville, TN
- - Smyrna, TN
- - Massachusetts
- - Boston, MA
- - Boston, MA
- - California
- - San Francisco, CA
- - San Francisco, CA
- - Los Angeles, CA
- - Los Angeles, CA
- - Illinois
- - Chicago, IL
- - Chicago, IL
- - Montana
- - Missoula, MT
- - Missoula, MT
- - District of Columbia
- - Washington, DC
- - Washington, DC
- - Texas
- - Houston, TX
- - Houston, TX
- - Colorado
- - Denver, CO
- - Denver, CO
- United Kingdom - All Cities
- - England
- - London, United Kingdom
- - London, England
- Hong Kong - All Cities
- Japan - All Cities
- - Tokyo
- - Tokyo, Japan
- - Tokyo
- English
- French
- German
- Dutch
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- Italian

Found 282 of over 303 reviews
- Popular
- COVID-19 Related
- Highest Rating
- Lowest Rating
- Most Recent
- Oldest First
Got a burning question about Coleman Research? Just ask!
On Fishbowl, you can share insights and advice anonymously with Coleman Research employees and get real answers from people on the inside.
What are your colleagues talking about?
Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
- "The culture is great; we are a young growing office with a work hard play hard vibe." (in 20 reviews)
- "it is office property etc, but middle management do not go about it quite the right way)." (in 21 reviews)
- "The pay is fair (about $52,000 annual with bonus opportunities) and the work flow is easy to learn and enjoyable on a daily basis." (in 7 reviews)
- "Compounded by the con that they have the absolute worst middle managers you could ever imagine in an established company." (in 7 reviews)
Ratings by Demographics
This rating reflects the overall rating of Coleman Research and is not affected by filters.
- Race / Ethnicity
- Gender
- Sexual Orientation
- Disability
- Parent or Family Caregiver
- Veteran Status
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good Management, Good work life balance, interesting clients/industry
Cons
Lack of meaningful Skill Development
Continue reading - Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Fantastic company to work for
Jan 27, 2023 - Client Associate in Raleigh, NCRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Coleman Research was an amazing company with even better people. My colleagues were insightful, thoughtful and willing to lend a helping hand at any time. While it was a hybrid job (half virtual, half in person), it felt like I became very close with everyone rather quickly. They helped me learn and grow at a fast rate and made me feel accepted and a valued member of the team. Management found the right balance of being professional and personable. I would advise anyone looking to work in the expert network space to look no farther than Coleman Research. Nothing but great experiences and great people at this company!
Cons
I honestly can't think of any downsides to working here. The pay is fair (about $52,000 annual with bonus opportunities) and the work flow is easy to learn and enjoyable on a daily basis. The only thing I can think of is they have a 9-6pm work day and 9-5pm on Fridays. I personally would rather an 8-5pm in order to get off a little earlier, or even the classic 9-5pm. But regardless, time flies when your enjoying yourself and that is not a problem at Coleman Research!
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Great company
Mar 19, 2023 - Associate Client Manager in Raleigh, NCRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great company to work for. Really cares about their employees. Great employee moral, everyone has great tenure.
Cons
Can be challenging but is really great.
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Good for A Certain Type of Person
Mar 10, 2023 - Client AssociateRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
1) Fully remote, with option to go into any office whenever you want 2) Does not require any hard skills 3) Get to hone soft skills: communication, sales, client sourcing and retention 4) Potential to make a lot of commission money 5) At times, the sales aspect of it is surprisingly fun 6) The environment is collaborative, with coworkers usually available/willing to help you tackle tough assignments if you get overwhelmed.
Cons
1) It is a sales/recruiting job, no matter what they tell you to the contrary. If you don't like sales or recruiting, then don't do this job. 2) Can be very fast-paced; when a client request comes in, you have to start on it immediately and give them something (names of experts who are already in network and/or potential experts to recruit into the network). Otherwise, GLG or Alphasights will get there before you. 3) Work consists largely of data entry and spamming people on professional networking sites. 4) As a sales job, you were evaluated based on how many experts you brought into the network, how many consultations you set up, etc. However, your success was often heavily influenced by factors outside your control, such as difficulty of client requests, whether or not they had also reached out to other expert-network firms, etc. 5) Long hours. Was required to work from 8:30 to 6:30 every day, but this was fine. The problem was that potential experts were often in very different time zones, meaning you often needed to stay online until late at night. 6) Coleman has strict compliance requirements, and their clients usually have their own as well. Depending on how restrictive the requirements are, it can be extremely difficult to find a compliant expert who is also a good fit for an engagement. 7) Figuring out which experts could help answer client's industry-specific and geography-specific questions is really hard. This is especially true because the teams are organized by client type (investmentment management, consulting, etc) rather than by industry specialty (like it seems other firms are). In short, you often have very little idea what exactly you're looking for, since you probably have no knowledge about what qualities - companies, roles, etc - an appropriate expert would have. 8) The clients often ignore you for several days at a time. This leaves you in the dark as to whether they still want to do a consultation, another company has aready gotten them in touch with a good expert, or if they just want to give up on the consultation entirely. This happened quite often, and resulted in a lot of wasted time and frustration for both myself and the experts whom I'd been sourcing.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
- Handful of good colleagues
Cons
- Pay is very low and commission restructuring is going to cause high performers to take a pay cut ** If you are a Coleman Employee: DO NOT listen to them when they instruct you to “keep your salary a secret”. That is a glaring red flag. Any company who is paying their employees fairly and has sound reasoning behind discrepancies in pay would encourage salary transparency instead of discouraging it. Talk about your salary with your coworkers. You have every right to do so. - No longer work from home (despite not having enough spaces for all of their employees to come in because this company is based out of WeWork) - Lied about unlimited PTO - HR is aware of issues with management, including managers bullying employees and creating a hostile work environment. Despite this, these managers are still employed while many of their subordinates left the company due to this treatment. - Laid off many employees and looks like they are trying to drive more turnover with new policies
Continue reading - Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Good place to work if you enjoy remote work
Feb 8, 2023 - Client Associate in Houston, TXRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
It offers a great remote work opportunity to learn about a number of different markets and opportunity for promotion quickly.
Cons
Being remote makes it tough to establish working relationships and makes it difficult to receive serious training as a young employee.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Progressively worse
Feb 20, 2023 - Client Management Associate in Raleigh, NCRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Some positions are still WFH, many have transitioned to Hybrid, still not required to be in the office 100% of the time.
Cons
Company removed commission and replaced it with capped bonuses tied to quarter success. All current associates are losing money with inflation due to this new change.
Continue reading - Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Great-love it-wonderful culture & people
Cons
nothing negative to say just writing this because glassdoor requires me to if I want any meaningful information from this website
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Good base salary and helpful coworkers.
Cons
Long hours, not very helpful work environment from higher ups.
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Good first / transitionary job
Jan 3, 2023 - Senior Client Associate in Raleigh, NCRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
The people are great and there are lots of opportunities to grow within your role if you are open to them.
Cons
There are periods of high turnover, and the work culture is like you are still in school. There is no flexibility in your working hours, and you frequently work late and are required to work a 12 hour shift every month at the associate level. You feel like you're chained to your desk and, even as a significant individual contributor, feel like there is zero flexibility in your daily working scheduled.
Continue reading
Coleman Research Reviews FAQs
Coleman Research has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 303 reviews left anonymously by employees. 65% of employees would recommend working at Coleman Research to a friend and 60% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -5% over the last 12 months.
65% of Coleman Research employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Coleman Research 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Coleman Research to be culture, benefits, career development and the cons to be work life balance, compensation, management.
Popular Careers with Coleman Research Job Seekers
Work at Coleman Research? Share Your Experiences
