Coleman Research Reviews

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.

Pros

- Company employs lots of young, driven recent grads. If you're looking for a casual, fun work environment, you'll find that at Coleman.
- Good onboarding./training that provides useful introduction to the business environment overall and financial services specifically. .
- Work/life balance is ok. Sometimes you have to work after hours, but its better than at other places where I have worked.

Advice to Management

The success or failure of this business is based 100% on your people. Do more to show you value them.

Pros

A career at Coleman would provide excellent contrast between unsuccessful management styles, and wherever you chose to go next.

Advice to Management

Stop overestimating the company's ability to absorb change. Realignments are not the answer and do not demonstrate to employees a strong positioning. This is where the lack of confidence derives from. Below market value pay also denotes to low level employees a lack of success by the business units.

Pros

great DT location, good and cheap health insurance, decent other benefits (PTO is ok but unlimited sick days are a separate bucket), morale picker uppers like happy hours, etc. if you are young and motivated and want to make a buck as a CA, have at it. avoid consulting as it's a GRIND. But any of the IM teams in Raleigh or Boston are fine. Avoid SF and NY- ineffective, incompetent and slow moving team leads are quick to fire a CA but take years to get rid of a terrible CM. a major pro is that you can spin the CA job (and what Coleman does) in a lot of ways.

Advice to Management

I wouldn't even know where to begin, but that's ok anyway because even though they read glassdoor, they don't reflect or listen, nor do they in person either.

Pros

I liked the people I worked with on my team, manager was good about letting us do our work and not micromanage anyone. Those two things can go a long way when you're at a job you don't particularly love.

Pretty decent healthcare benefits, along with 401k, life insurance, etc.

Not a bad job for someone to start with right out of school. You'll learn basic job skills and how to actually speak with people for business reasons. But if you've been working in another career field for a few years and are making a change, this may feel like a step backwards since basically everyone has to start at the bottom as an analyst.

Advice to Management

As a whole, my short experience there was just average. Nothing bad but nothing really that great either. That's about the best way I can describe it.

I don't really know what to suggest, this job just is what it is. I'd probably have to suggest coming up with ways to make lower level employees want to stay there, especially ones like me who were on the fence about being there in the first place. I was never really given a reason to want to be there long term other than the "career advancement" they push.

Also, listen to your lower level employees when they raise an issue. They're the ones doing all the leg work for what the company actually does.

Pros

Relatively easy work and there is potential for making extra if you are lucky and work hard.

Advice to Management

Focus on transparency and rewarding your best employees. The company attracts quite a number of talented young professionals despite the low pay, but most leave either due to bad management or lack of recognition.

Pros

Great culture and good work/life balance

Pros

There's potential for international travel.

Pros

- Lots of opportunities to grow with the company and very simple team structure
- Easy to see your metrics against other people; expectations are clear
- Learn about a lot of industries/technologies you would normally be exposed to
- Have the opportunity to interact directly with top experts in the world
- Good benefits, previously people have noted the parking issue, which they've taken care of by paying for 50% of the monthly parking payment
- Health benefits are good and matching 401k is vested after 2 years
- Translatable skills developed including recruiting, sales, and account management

Advice to Management

Give your high performing teams more responsibility as they are clearly doing something right. Cut out the mediocrity and keep hiring the right people to improve the culture.

Pros

Benefits, Growth Opportunity, Senior Leadership, Transparency