Top Down and painful - Project Manager Wood Mackenzie Employee Review

1.0
Jul 18, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Offices are pleasan and a good location - work/life balance ok.

Cons

Very top down culture - the mission stetement should read 'Do as I say'. Never felt quite like a naughty child as I did in this job! Lots of waste activity masquerading as work when the real problems lie unsolved from fear of admitting there are problems.

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Cons

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Pros

Appreciated working with smart, driven colleagues; they were truly experts in their fields. The rigorous schedules we were on were strictly maintained, which usually made for a very organized structure and workload.

Cons

Leadership went through many changes and acquisitions while I was there. The mission seemed to keep changing, and it wasn't easy to maintain consistency in our reports with such leadership changes. Market analysts were often pulled onto consulting projects but were not paid as consultants. This is what pushed me to leave.

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