Cision Reviews

3.0

41% would recommend to a friend

(1,620 total reviews)
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Guy Abramo

35% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Cision has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,620 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Cision employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
4 Aug 2020

Avoid that is all i can say

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It all seems like a good starting point for a graduate willing to accept anything just to start a career.

Cons

I decided to write this review for the next graduate to be saved from this useless company. Completely incompetent HR and probably the whole management. Here are the facts you make your mind about this company based on that. Bear in mind this happened in July 2020 in the middle of a pandemic. I got offered a position of Data Analyst in London ( the pay is 23,100 in London) I happily accepted just to get into the industry even with the low pay. I was asked to start ASAP but I could not as I had two-week notice in my job. So we agreed to start in two weeks' time. I served notice to my old job and also notice to my landlord to move closer to the office in Canary Wharf. The whole time I communicated with my manager about onboarding and so on. On Friday I received a normal email that we will have a zoom meeting in the morning of my starting day. On Monday morning HR and some manager told me my position was cancelled and they are really sorry. So I quit my stable job (can not be rehired as hiring is frozen now due to COVID) They did not bother to tell me in advance at all. They knew about it and waited till Monday morning to tell me ( I am sure the HR person was too busy at home) at the cherry on the top... they were soo nice to offer me one week of pay (they made it seem that they are doing me a favor by paying one week) Lucky enough I double-checked my contract and notice period was two weeks. So I had to send an email telling them my rights and they, of course, said oh yeah sorry we will pay two weeks. So let's pretend they did not know that they were obliged to pay for two weeks. It is understandable position got cancelled with the current climate. What is not understandable is the complete incompetency of the HR team and managers to communicate that a person does not have a job and wait till the day they are supposed to start and then not even do your legal part. Simply disgraceful.

1.0
27 Feb 2020
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Pros

- Nice toilets to cry in

Cons

- Incompetent management- unable to make strategic decisions looking at data, very backwards ways of thinking/ dogmatic, 'if it feels right' approach, lack of presence in the office during the working week - Some of the worst pay gaps I have seen between men and women (8-10k for doing the same role) - More middle managers than you could shake a poopy stick at (3 managers/directors for a team of 8.) - Completely uninvested in employees (multiple different complaints about racism are just given a figurative 'slap on the wrist', questionable dismissals of staff from specific managers are blindly followed by HR) - Hiring process is just around 'who you know' (boys club) and nothing to do with merit/skills - So many internal blockers/ bureaucracy within the business it makes it impossible for people to do things quickly and effectively

1.0
17 Sept 2015
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Pros

Some good people work there

Cons

Terrible management, detached from what's actually happening and a CEO who spends more time planning his wedding than running the company. Total mess up with company buy-out - poorly handled and communicated.

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