SKIM Reviews

3.9

90% would recommend to a friend

(71 total reviews)
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Karin Lieshout

80% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

SKIM has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 71 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SKIM employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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71 reviews
3.0
12 Feb 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great work environment and close knit team, with lots of intellectually curious and fun people. Everyone is willing to lend a hand during busy periods and hang out for beer after work.

Cons

Even with compensation time, the salary is remarkably low. The work is more similar to consulting, but because the company is a market research agency, it justifies much lower salaries for demanding work. Also lack of opportunities within the company.

4.0
13 Sept 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

People are great, fellow analysts and managers are an amazing group to work with that stand by you no matter what. The office is great fun, everyone knows how to play hard and work hard. - Flexible hours are fantastic. (when you have the rare opportunity to use it) - Hybrid working (even remote) gives great flexibility. - Pantry is always stocked up. - Monthly & Quarterly team days are fun. - Challenging work constantly keeps you learning. - Made the best friends working at SKIM.

Cons

Hierarchy seems disillusioned to the fact that they do not understand the needs of analysts and managers. Directors constantly push and pull, change strategies, and change organisational structures on a year on year basis. Resulting in alienating many employees and a high turnover rate. The company insists on moving towards a consultancy based outlook, yet maintains an old poor remuneration base that consultancy firms would laugh at. If the company wants to become a consultancy focused firm, they ought to at least shift salary goal posts to justify such changes in workload. Profit orientation is great, but having a "no negotiation" policy when it comes to salary and promotions particularly when analysts and managers are overworked (>50hrs/week) scenarios is plain unsightly. Furthermore, there is a unspoken time duration per promotions that seriously neglects hard working individuals. Promotions are done every 6 months at fixed periods of the year. However, it seems as though SKIM only cares about the 3 months prior to promotions, no matter how hard you've worked, if your project doesn't go as planned just before promotions, it can significantly hamper any opportunity you've worked hard for. Adding on to the "time" for promotions, even if you excel way beyond your role, you would still need to wait till the said time promotion (which can at times be a full year or more due to quotas involved). Dinosaur management that restricts opportunities for growth. Stagnating young and hungry employees (particularly the analysts).

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SKIM Response
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Thanks for your review. We genuinely appreciate your candid feedback, as it helps us find opportunities to improve as a company. We hope you still enjoyed your overall experience at SKIM!
4.0
6 Mar 2017

Innnovative market research company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Company culture is direct and mostly positive. Innovation is key and vital Excellent work-life balance

Cons

Keep doing what you're doing.

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