Job Title: Research Vice President
Location: USA
Submitted on: 26-Apr-05
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The job of analyst is one of the best I've ever had. Allows for use of
individuality, creativity, analytical ability. Basically you set your
research agenda and then "have at it". Can work from home or anywhere
in the world for that matter. As long as you do the work, nobody cares
where you do it from. Lots of flexibility in this area.
BUT....the place can be NASTY and competitive! Heed my words: Depending
on the research group you're a part of, the backstabbing and
competition and "setups" (YES, setups) can be devistating to your
career at this company. Given the focus on metrics and measurement each
analyst (all type A) try to be the "top" at everything to get any piece
of the revenue pie that will be dolled out that year. Bonus I'm
talking. Generally there is one "star" analyst per group and that's it.
Stars are usually long term associates.
But the work itself is great. Clients for the most part are great. Just
keep your focus on writing and research and you'll be OK. But be
prepared to promote yourself and every single tiny accomplishment and
be sure your boss knows of these or you won't get a fair shake and you
won't get promoted. You'll need to push every step of the way.
The research review process can be brutal! Again, depends on your
group, but some groups rip and shread each other to pieces. And any
analyst can see the comments to reserach. The editing process can take
time; some great editors some poor ones. Hope you get a good one! They
can make or break your stuff.
Be prepared to do tons of speaking at their conferences - symposium and
theme conferences. Your presentations will be done 100% by you. Be sure
you know how to use powerpoint and its best if you have some graphic
ability. You get little if any help in this area but will get critiqued
regularly on your lack of graphic ability if you can't put your
thoughts into pictures. And NO, they do not employ graphic artists for
you to regularly work with. There are some contractor graphic artists,
but they generally don't get what you're talking about so are
ultimately of little help.
Things are last minute and rushed. Very little planning and most
associates are terrible at setting setback schedules and keeping them.
Hence its ALWAYS a fire drill over there. For everything!
Dress code: business casula for client facing activity; whatever you
like when you're working at home. Can't speak to the office, as I
hardly ever went in there. Dismal place the office!
Great oppty for world wide travel if you're a sought after analyst.
Tons of speaking / presentation opportunity. Otherwise, travel is for 1-
day analyst consulting jobs, presentations and client facing stuff and
their conferences. I know some analyst who travel 100K+ miles/year and
others who barely get on planes. Travel can widely vary.
Don't rry to advance too far up the totem pole. You get nothing for it
except title. Pay raises are lean and the company in general is cheap.
You get tons of admin work in addition to your regular job and there
are few if any tools to help with that stuff. This company runs by
Excel and Outlook - not unusual though!
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