Coleman Research Reviews

Pros

The company culture is really very friendly. The culture committee works hard to make sure we have fun events going on. You learn something new every day here and it makes coming to work interesting.

Advice to Management

Keep listening to your staff. I can tell that people care and I feel like I can be heard - which I really appreciate!

Pros

Senior Management genuinely cares about staff. Good training program. Vibrant culture and great benefits.

Pros

Interactive work force with lots of fresh graduates. Daily tasks were clear and repeitive

Advice to Management

CEO should be more involved at every level

Pros

- The ability to engage with high level executives at a variety of different companies one-on-one over the phone, via email, & in-person.

- Gaining in-depth knowledge of what's going on currently at hedge funds, asset management firms, consulting firms, etc. from working with analysts/consultants on their research projects.

-Company culture is great! Not everyone has the same background in finance/business, so each person contributes an interesting & valuable perspective to projects.

-Working on projects from every industry so the job is never boring- each day is different!

Pros

Cooperative environment, hardworking teammates, awesome corporate culture, and you learn a lot on the job.

Pros

It is good experience straight out of college.

Pros

There are a lot of opportunities to grow here. Management and colleagues are great! You are truly valued here! The work is interesting and lucrative.

Pros

One of Coleman’s greatest strengths is that motivated employees have real opportunity to create their own mark here. Any employee of any title level or seniority can bring a winning idea and help make it happen. The flip side is given the high turnover in our industry, this often causes confusion rather than innovation.

 Grassroot ideas can quickly gain support from our Executive team who will throw their wholehearted, and truly genuine, enthusiasm behind it. In the meantime, the employee will usually own it almost completely – reporting up what they are working on and creating, rather than having the direction coming down from our leaders. As soon as an employee critical to the idea leaves (and we are by nature a very high turnover company!) the experiment will start to fall apart.

Being largely on the sidelines, and always considering cost vs. benefit, leaders don’t feel urgency to replace that person until it becomes crucial that they do so – often weeks or months after that individual left. Without the experience and plan of the idea’s owner, it’s up to another employee with a winning idea to pitch a new vision. This is exciting if you are a hungry go-getter with a plan. This is exhausting for anyone swept up in yet another idea that just wants to do their best work at the job they were hired to do.

Advice to Management

Innovation is important, and employees really do appreciate being heard (and we do know that you listen!) but the constant confusion takes a tangible morale toll. Some consistency in job roles, or in what departments or positions we find important - as a company - would go a long way.

What I would want the Management team to answer is not, "what great ideas have you had or heard lately that you're really excited about?" but rather, what do you - my bosses, leaders and Executives at Coleman who have heard and helped foster all of our best ideas, think is important for all of us to succeed?

Pros

Good job to do for a year to learn the professional workplace
Opportunity for commission
Try to keep the office lively with different contests, events, etc. for employees

Advice to Management

When promoting Associates to the manager role, make sure to analyze their people skills and ability to manage a team under them, versus looking at just their numbers.

Pros

- Opportunity to learn so many industries, companies, and how consultants/investors/corporates approach a value chain, product development, vertical/lateral integration, etc
- Working with colleagues internationally
- Experience i) Selling to senior executives, ii) project management, iii) building a book of business
- Working directly with institutional investors making capital allocation decisions
- Fast-paced, competitive environment

Advice to Management

The fresh injection of capital that's been put to use on your product (your people) via management training, as well your technology (eliminating the data entry aspect of the Analyst and Associate role to allow for more selling and execution) will continue to pay dividends, so keep it up.