Company taking a nose dive and treating employees terribly along the way - Content Analyst Hanover Research Employee Review

1.0
24 Jul 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The peers I worked with were fantastic. Bright, driven people I am happy to call friends. It was hard to watch them getting crushed under the demands from our executive team. Very good salary when I entered the company although I've heard they've started reducing the offers for newer employees.

Cons

For a company that seemed to have so much promise in 2010 - 2013, the insane goals the CEO has set for the company and the subsequent failures to hit that goal has significantly impacted the company as a whole. Several new executives have been added to the team and have influenced the company in an extremely negative way. While attempting to copy the Advisory Board's strategies (several execs came from there) but failing to invest in keeping talent happy, the company is a rapidly sinking ship with many employees fleeing from it. The executive team seems to only care about the bottom line. The CDO has been quoted to say he doesn't care about business ethics. The CEO refuses to speak to anyone but his executive team and drives them to push their mid level management to the max. My advice is to stay as far away from this company as possible. I'd be shocked if they make it through the next 5 years.

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Hanover Research Response
11y
Thank you for your feedback. I agree that Hanover staff are outstanding and that it is the people that make the company a success. As at any high growth organization, we do need to strive towards aggressive goals if we wish to maintain our growth trajectory and serve our clients at the level they have come to expect. A small number of staff have not responded positively to these goals and other management level decisions, however we firmly believe, after almost 11 years in business, that our senior executives and managers are even more invested in the company's and employees' long term success than we were when the company was just starting out. Our attrition level is lower than in previous years and the investments we are making in employees' professional development continues to be a core focus of the company. Our senior level staff operate at the highest level of business and professional ethics so I am very surprised by your statement to the contrary. This is a serious allegation and I highly encourage you to bring this directly to me or our CEO. Thank you again for your feedback. I encourage you to engage in this type of honest and open dialogue with either your manager, HR generalist or me directly.

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Pros

Company's culture is great. Lots of nice and brilliant people to work with.

Cons

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Hanover Research Response
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Thank you for your review. We are happy to hear you enjoyed working at Hanover! Please feel free to reach out to peoplesupport@hanoverresearch.com with any more information or if you have questions about our annual performance review process and career pathways. -The People Team
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Cons

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