Economist Intelligence Unit Reviews

Constant management changes with no direction India staff are treated like second-grade citizens. All the complex, good projects are meant only for the so called "developed country" staff, i.e. in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Europe, USA etc. The India office is ONLY a support office, nothing more than that, despite having grads from LSE etc. A lot of incompetent people in management positions who actually don't deserve to be there, be it London, Singapore, New York or Gurgaon No respect for hierarchy and employee credentials and seniority Bizarre management changes, where your contemporary can get promoted above you and you can be made to report to them Tendency to pass on monotonous data management tasks to Gurgaon staff Steer clear of the Gurgaon office. If at all, join, learn as much as you can and leave after a year or so.

The media business is in decline (as evidenced from the string of resignations) and the EIU is an awfully challenging place to work. The management are delusional and many of them have zero skin in the game to be telling others how to do their job. This is where good people go to die. Your soul is destroyed and you will walk out disillusioned. This is an outdated and mismanaged cowboy operation under the guise of an acclaimed brand. There is little to no structure or commercial acumen, with all the brown stuff only flying in one direction. This creates an awful level of staff morale and I wish I listened to the Glassdoor reviews before I accepted my offer. They were all very accurate and in fact, so much so that it drove me to take the time to write this review in the hope that I can help someone else out there! The silver lining: once you truly know “what bad looks like”— you learn to appreciate a good employer when it comes along (which thankfully it did)!