High Performance shouldn't mean High Anxiety, Toxic Mid-management - Anonymous employee Kantar Employee Review

2.0
30 Mar 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Reputable company with a strong presence in the market. Opportunity to work with international colleagues and clients.

Cons

There is a deep-seated culture of "performative productivity". Working during holidays, late nights, and even while ill, is frequently romanticized. This creates an environment where setting healthy boundaries or maintaining a standard work-life balance feels discouraged.

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2.0
30 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Hard working associates, mostly bright (and admirable) heads of department. Good benefits. Previous CEO seemed like a genuinely nice guy and would listen to you if you approached him about something.

Cons

There’s a lot of reasons why top notch talent has long jumped ship. Great at sounding smart…terrible at actually getting the revenue to avoid the wholesale data asset sell offs going on. Terribly overcomplicated product portfolios with inflexible solutions at higher costs than smaller leading agencies that have outpaced them. Department heads gaslighting everyone under VPs about performance when they aren’t winning the internal Hunger Games and are told to reduce headcount.

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