AVOID if you value work/life balance and your own wellbeing - Senior Research Executive Basis Research Employee Review

1.0
13 Apr 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Majority of people were very nice and friendly Good office location High quality work

Cons

The WORST work-life balance I have ever experienced (and I have worked in other market research companies before) Massively under-resourced hence 7pm is an early finish, had to cancel multiple after work plans and many people online past 10pm. This is expected - unaware that there is a "reward for working hard" - I personally felt staff were very under appreciated Similarly to a previous review on here, blamed for being inefficient/unproductive instead of having a ridiculous workload Unsupportive senior management with a complete disregard for wellbeing - no support when workload was flagged and clear distress was displayed Little/no onboarding training, thrown onto projects straight away without knowing the process / how to use their programmes

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5.0
25 Oct 2023
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Pros

Great team - supportive, friendly, knowledgeable. Good work-life balance and great projects.

Cons

Not so much of a con as just a fact - the learning curve is steep but you learn A LOT and once you're over it, you're in a great position.

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1.0
19 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting clients means interesting projects to work on.

Cons

First red flag was on day one when I realized that there was ZERO training so I had to feel my way around processes and what was expected from the various teams. Speaking of teams, they are all silo'd and competing for revenue so there is no sense of real collaboration. Toxic environment with too much micro-management from execs who don't respect valuable input or POV dif from their's. Several recruiters mentioned the company is known to churn new employees every 6-8 months.

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