Hanover Research

2,0

20 apr 2017

Aanbevelen

Goedkeuring directeur

Zakelijk vooruitzicht

Pluspunten

-- Good entry-level job. You'll learn a lot, and the practice of giving you "grades" on every project will ease you into the world of professional work. -- Flexibility and remote work opportunitities for researchers. -- Not a micromanaging culture -- Very formalized downward feedback system -- People are generally friendly

Minpunten

-- Professional development is nonexistent at mid-levels. I learned a lot in my first year here, but after that the work became tedious and repetitive. -- Noncompetitive pay. This company spends more money on snacks and happy hours than the average researcher's salary. I got a 20% salary increase and significantly better benefits when I left for what was essentially a lateral move at a similar company, after having been told that my salary at Hanover was on the high end for my level. -- Work is non-collaborative and can be isolating. -- Expectations around research output can be unreasonable. You're expected to deliver a flawless analysis in 5 work days, often involving a company or even sector with which you've had no prior experience. You can uphold strict deadlines or expect perfection, but both is absurd. -- Credential inflation. You don't need an M.A. to be a researcher here, and you definitely don't need a Ph.D. -- Day to day feedback (i.e. project ratings) is largely separate from the performance review process. You can have great project feedback and get slammed with entirely unrelated criticisms in your performance review.

Reactie van Hanover Research

Thank you for taking time to share your feedback here. Professional development at the mid-level is a challenge. Generally these employees are looking to expand their skills and prepare for their next role at Hanover (or elsewhere) and the L&D training options are not sufficient to meet those needs. With this in mind, we instituted an in-house "MBA" style business training curriculum taught by our Content Directors and other senior staff. It aims to fill that void and help staff to develop skills outside of their traditional research roles. There seems to be a perception that Hanover is not invested in retaining talent or that we have high turnover. Neither of these perceptions are accurate. Our focus on building skills and expertise on the research floor though formal and informal learning speaks to our desire to engage and retain our staff however we are also aware that some people will naturally transition on to their next role or career or employer after 3 or 4 years. When this happens, we hope that this first job out of college has trained them and upskilled them to enable them to go on to do great things in their second and third jobs after college. We're up front with our candidates about our salaries during the recruiting process. They are also listed on the salaries section of Glassdoor. I do not believe cutting our snack or social budget would have much impact of our overall salaries and while you didn't seem to appreciate the free food, the majority of our employees do enjoy the supply of oatmeal, fruit and snacks. Again, thank you for sharing your experience.

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