Mintel Employee Reviews about "work from home"

Pros

great place to learn the industry of consumer market research, work from home potential, Mintel promotes from within

Cons

they have a tendency to under-pay research analysts

Pros

The employees are amazing people, that's what makes Mintel in my opinion. Offices are nice to work in, and good central location. Interesting company to work for.

Cons

Where do I start? Extremely poor pay, and the target structure is unrealistic. If you bring this up they will just tell you that YOU are the issue. The target bonus. Most people do not bother! Unrealistic daily-weekly targets! You are basically a machine to achieve the quantity/quality that they set out. An AI robot would struggle too! You will end up working longer hours every week and if you don't hit targets you lose your flexi-time and work from home benefits. Career progression is only for the favourites. The company loves spending money on EVERYTHING but no emphasis is given on staff retention. Nobody in the department has any time to even say 'hello' or 'goodbye!'

Pros

- Great teammates - Flexible work hours - Generous work from home policy - The Engineering VPs are smart, easy to talk to, and available to talk or pair - Managers are excellent at delegation and once you prove yourself you are given lots of leeway to make decisions - The department is headed in a great direction

Cons

- Not enough quiet, comfortable places in the office - At the moment, the office is way too packed - Compensation is on the low side

Pros

- Joined remotely, laptop and equipment sent to my home and overall a smooth and good start to a job, allowing someone to start work on the first day from home. - Management ask for employees opinions/employee engagement. - Onboarding and induction was good. - Work from home and flexi time is great. You will like working here if you like to work from homeYou will like working here if you like to work from homeYou will like working here if you like to work from home and want flexible hours - Relaxed and friendly culture. People generally nice but depends on your team, some managers more professional and nicer than others.

Cons

- minimum wage. Lowest pay I’ve ever received for office work in London, I can earn the same amount working in retail or more - once you’ve handed in your notice they forbid you from taking any outstanding annual leave even if you haven’t taken any that year, which I feel shows a lack of care and consideration for employee wellbeing - no time to step away from desk, pressure to constantly keep working and hit targets, even when work has run out they won’t give you a break. - career progression/opportunities not great if you stay in the same department

Pros

A lot of room to find and define your role. Great, genuine people, no BS or politicking. Performers get recognized. Great office culture - positive, fun, great perks. Work from home. Flexible work-life balance.

Cons

Not for everyone. Based on personality type, that flexibility to determine what and how much you contribute opens a ton of room for failure and frustration.

Pros

Friendly colleagues, beautiful office and general work environment

Cons

They attract young talented professionals under the promess of 'internal career progression' but it's a lie. It's nearly impossible to progress at Mintel, and overall your work will never be acknowledged or rewarded. They do not see employees as people but just a number. Workers are under constant pressure to reach targets, and there's little help from management when you're having an issue. Flexi-time and work from home are a fraud: You only get flexi-time if you constantly reach targets, and people are allowed to work from home for one day only (used to be 3 days a few years ago, I bet you that it's going to cease to exist soon), and that will most likely happen after you complete the 6-month probaion, regardless of you reaching targets. Besides, the jobs are incredibly boring and repetitive, and extremely underpaid. You'll get out of Mintel with barely any new skill to add to your CV, as you'll have done the same tasks every day, learning nothing useful for your future.

Pros

- Whenever the office hosts a client event, leftover food is shared with employees in the kitchen - There is a mediocre, overpriced sandwich shop located in the building lobby - Missing phones/jewelry are promptly turned into HR - If you survive a year, you are rewarded with a fleece jacket - Access to M&Ms in the lobby, which can be used sparingly to “address the occasional sweet tooth” - Job itself was good - if you enjoyed writing book reports as a kid, this is the opportunity to basically do that full time as an adult under the guise of “research”. The company does offer some real benefits, including strong work-life balance such as the ability to work from home.

Cons

For starters, the open concept office space breeds germs and people are constantly sick through winter, which isn’t a deal breaker but it does get annoying. However, the biggest con is that despite having regular reviews, Mintel does not give employees annual pay raises - nothing, not even cost of living. Management generally thinks the strong work-life balance will make up for this, but very high turnover suggests it's not working. To get a salary increase, one must make a lateral move, receive a promotion, or work on the food team. Despite some departments supposedly having established career paths, the requirements for moving up the career path are murky at best. Managers were actually told that they couldn't share the promotion requirements with employees, making it hard to know what skills you need to work on in order to actually get promoted. Promotions are also very budget-driven and not performance-based. In other words, they’ll tell you that if you do XYZ you’ll get a promotion, but the reality is you might have to wait a full year until the next fiscal budget in order to get that promotion. Also, promotions are basically title changes, no change in responsibilities, so you aren’t actually boosting your resume. Essentially, these career paths were created to give the illusion of career growth, even though growth doesn't actually exist. Additionally, because of high turnover, managers are friendly with their direct reports and avoid confrontation, but this friendliness means that they rarely provide the constructive criticism that people need to improve their performance. As a result, people can be clueless as to whether they are a high performer or if they’re struggling. The Mintel culture is also OK for some, but not for everyone. There's a set of Mintel lifers who thrive at being big fish in a small pond, and seem to be constantly patting each other on the back. If you manage to slip into this “in-crowd” you’ll be taken care of at the company. If not, working there can be awful.

Pros

Work from home two days a week prior to pandemic Younger than average workforce means somewhat progressive environment Decent place to stay for 1-2 years max Decent work/life balance prior to pandemic

Cons

Low pay Diversity is abysmal, as in does not exist - impacts work Limited career progression, need to leave within two years to advance career. If you stay longer, can adversely impact your ability to move on. Super cliquey

Pros

Adequate annual leaves, able to work from home, always collect and review employees feedback

Cons

Salary, no bonus culture. If you’re not money driven, then it is fine.