It’s wise to avoid this company - Project Manager Kantar Employee Review

1.0
24 Jun 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. New, modern office in Westminster 2. Opportunities to work with colleagues outside the UK 3. A couple of good senior managers - the client operations director was fair and nice though not many other senior managers were like him unfortunately

Cons

1. Working overtime was very common due to heavy workload - it was a norm to take on too many projects to handle at once 2. Lack of training to gain necessary knowledge to do the job 3. The majority of clients being too demanding and rude - it was very common to get chase up calls, messages and emails from external clients all the time, being shouted at to demand rather impossible deadlines 4. Some toxic managers - there were a couple of inexperienced and pathetic managers who would really struggle to find another job elsewhere. They created a rude, toxic culture where they shoot down people in meetings or ignore team members asking for support. It was not a supportive or comfortable environment to work in 5. Staff turnover was really high. About a third of the team (out of 20-30 people?) had left in my first few months in the company. Before applying to Lightspeed, it might be worth searching for those previous employees on Linked in and asking for their experience at Lightspeed if you don’t want to regret your decision. My mental health was badly affected whilst working for Lightspeed so I wouldn’t recommend this company to anyone really.

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1.0
18 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None. Literally none. Amazing that I cannot think of a single thing. I’m staying because the job market is awful otherwise I am out of here.

Cons

- carousel of management. Changing every several months - constant reorganization, hired for a role you want then moved to a role without input as a part of a reorganization - employees of set up to fail - management is suspect in their talent and ability to build a culture worth having - trying to “scale” products without a client first mentality - profits over people - legacy remote work allows people to skate by without actually doing work - history of hiring suspect CEOs because of nepotism - people get paid obscene amounts for doing little work. And if they do work, it is so awful.

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