32: IBISWorld Employee Reviews

The good: very flexible hours so long as you meet your deadlines. Health and dental insurance, 401k available. Good support system from direct managers and coworkers. Coworkers and managers are friendly and respectful.The bad: Constant "scores", "grades" and "tests" make it feel like an extension of school. Little to no prospect of advancement within the company due to arbitrary grading system. Incredibly rigid product format. Pay is low for workload and cost of living. Feedback is not taken by management. Overtime is difficult to attain as it's based on your output, and overtime/bonus pay is pitiful. Pizza parties instead of better pay.

Pros

401k, health insurance, dental insurance, flexible hours

Cons

Unattainable overtime, poor office culture, little to no prospect of career advancement

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No direction, sink or swim on your own

Business Development Manager (Former Employee) - Santa Monica, CA - 8 November 2022

Cool smart people to work with as you're all hunters. Given room top be creative but it's really because management has little to no experience in corporate sales. Management as usual stuck on outdated metrics and playing favorites.

Pros

Free breakfast Fridays, Flexible office

Cons

Given a spoon and told to dig a tunnel

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Great job for recent grads

Lead Generator (Former Employee) - Los Angeles, CA - 28 July 2022

This is a excellent starting job if you are recently out of college. The age of coworkers range. Free bagels and cream cheese every Friday. Great pto - 3 weeks off. Matching 401k. The negative is there is a high turn over if you are a bdm. Difficult to sell procurement reports.

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Solid first job out of college, thats about it

Industry Research Analyst (Former Employee) - New York, NY - 9 December 2021

Pay was not very good, but learned a lot and great worklife balance

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Good beginner job

Office (Former Employee) - New York, NY - 3 September 2021

It was alright, good experience job wise if you are just entering the office setting. Management can use a lot of improvement. Sometimes felt that high management did not show much respect.

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BDM (Former Employee) - London, Greater London - 29 April 2020

Good interview process and training, good social element to the company and have a history of being successful across multiple verticals and work with large companies

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Great for college grads

Sales Development Representative (Former Employee) - Los Angeles, CA - 7 April 2020

Great place for college grads that need job experience. Recommended for sales oriented people. Needs more transparency and structural improvement. Good stepping stool.

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Great place to work

Industry Market Research and Procurement and Purchasing (Former Employee) - Los Angeles, CA - 14 October 2019

I worked at Ibisworld for 5 years. The culture is great and if you work hard you can earn a lot of money. They offer great benefits, work from home and amazing sales comp.

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Great people, questionable management

Lead Analyst (Current Employee) - New York, NY - 7 October 2018

My day to day activities are always changing and I am given enough autonomy to enjoy my work. Work/life balance is wonderful as long as you can finish your work on time. However, career advancement is limited to politics, which can be extremely discouraging and learning new skills is basically up to you.

Pros

Work from home capabilities, great work/life balance

Cons

Not very competitive benefits, a dearth of learning opportunities, advancement opportunities based on politics.

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There is still hope

Sr. Business Development Manager, Procurement (Current Employee) - Brentwood, CA - 2 July 2018

This company is the creation of the improper people being promoted to leadership positions when they do not have the proper training, skill set, nor experience to lead teams, let alone a company, not to mention launch an entire product to a new industry. Great people, cool product, just poorly guided.

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Fun place to work

Sales Manager (Current Employee) - Los Angeles, CA - 30 April 2018

Very meeting centric. Too much internal political influences. initiatives driven from Australia even though it was U.S company. Great work culture, fun place, good people. Limited growth as it was family run business.

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CLIENT RELATIONSHIP MANAGER (Current Employee) - New York, NY - 22 April 2018

-Truly need for more competitive salaries -Need a team dedicated to accounts that have a 10% chance of being renewed -100% is a bit unrealistic given the poor book of accounts one may be expected to manage

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Competitive yet Fun

Director of Business Development (Current Employee) - New York, NY - 17 November 2017

Good Culture, Great product. Very consultative sale. Heavy phone and email reliant hunter style sales role. Would recommend to friend as there is a good opportunity to earn a nice living.

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Cool Company

Business Development Manager (Former Employee) - New York, NY - 7 September 2017

Glorified Telemarketing a product that is in fact tough to sell when its a 'very nice to have.' Management and training is robust, but does get a little repetitive. Tenured Sales people have big accounts, leaving new folks to scrounge for smaller opportunities while also maintaining metric #s

Pros

Young friendly environment, Financial District.

Cons

Smaller opportunities on BizDev side

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Great Environment

Business Development Manager (Current Employee) - New York, NY - 30 August 2017

IBISWorld is an amazing company with over 40 years of experience in the market research industry. It's a great atmosphere with positive coworkers and management. They have made a lot of improvements since I came on board.

Pros

Positive Atmosphere, amazing culture.

Cons

Long Sales Cycle

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Passive aggressive environment

Senior Business Development Manager (Former Employee) - Los Angeles, CA - 29 August 2017

This company gives you the perception of family but it's just not true. This company is about cliques and who likes you and less about contribution. Management is trained to create a wall between BDM and upper management. There is a clear disconnect from the reality of starting a new business and celebrated past success. This company at times can be racially insensitive and has a culture that is more fitting for singles who love to get drunk. If you don't share all of your personal business you may be considered an outsider or a threat to the culture. No consistency in the treatment and discipline of employees, back handed complements from management, and a lot of empty promises of earning potential. This is a great place if you love a sales process that takes a year to complete then an additional 3-6 months to get paid.

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Good Company that will train you to be a better sales professional

Business Development Executive (Current Employee) - New York, NY - 27 June 2017

IBISWorld allowed for me to really sharpen my soft skills and better understand economics and trends as a whole. IBISWorld is keen on promoting from within. This can often mean your former teammate is now managing your efforts (this also means there is room to move into management if you are interested.) Tenure is not necessarily a factor in recognizing management material either. This was positive for my experience as my manager and I progressed through our roles and responsibilities together. A lot of opportunities are tied up with more senior sales people which is extremely frustrating and tends to leave less tenured people with smaller, less lucrative accounts who are less likely to have budget for the product. There is little to no lead generation so just be sure to anticipate quite a bit of cold out reach

Pros

Top Notch Training

Cons

Product Improvements would lead to expansion into other verticals

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For entry level sales employee

Business Development Manager (Former Employee) - Los Angeles, CA - 17 May 2017

Management is always where you make or break employees. This place has a serious mid-management cancer. There is a true disconnect between the executives, and The Churn and Burn Factory. Many mixed messages from the top. They say one thing yet actions display otherwise. Most of the greatest sales reps and editors have lost respect for the Exec. Suite. It's as if leadership, is in dire need of some leadership. It's just a mess! Save yourself a year or two of your time. Benefits aren't the best either.

Pros

Free Breakfast on Fridays if you love bagels solely cause that's it

Cons

Heavy Traffic, Horrible Parking or Pay Monthly

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Great people, hard product.

Business Development Manager (Current Employee) - Los Angeles, CA - 20 March 2017

Excellent training, managers, and work-life balance. It is a cold calling job, and inbound leads are rare. Product is not for everyone, extremely niche and you are selling something that no one has heard about. The office can feel a bit cramped at times.

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