PEI Group reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(172 total reviews)

Tim McLoughlin and Edouard Tavernier

64% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

PEI Group has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 172 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PEI Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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172 reviews
5.0
Mar 20, 2018

Sales

Anonymous employee
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Pros

A very well paying company

Cons

It is not growing year to year.

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PEI Group Response
8y
May I correct you? The company is growing extremely strongly year to year - your manager can tell you more about this. Across EMEA, Asia and USA our subscription brands are enjoying market-leading renewal rates and new sales volumes; our global conference portfolio is expanding solidly in all our market sectors and geographies - and in all other areas too the company is enjoying vigorous growth. The scale of our team and operations has been growing confidently too - in NY our team has just taken up new offices close to Bryant Park with great room to expand further. In London our team just took up around 50% more growing room in new offices at 100 Wood Street in the City. Our Hong Kong colleagues move last summer - again to better offices with great room for growth. Excellent brands and products in globally healthy market sectors are the basis for this good growth - but the cause ? great teams doing terrific things in our markets. Tim McLoughlin - CEO
4.0
Nov 2, 2017

An entrepreneurial firm on a fast-paced growth trajectory

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Private Equity International is a financial media group that offers coverage of the alternative asset classes through digital and print editorial content, conferences and capital markets – focused research. Like any business that is on a growth trajectory, there have been growing pains that ranged from personnel churn to lagging technology upgrades. PEI management has recognized these shortcomings and has begun to focus more on their people, which is a good thing. Quarterly firm – wide updates, encouraging employee – engagement outside of the office in the form of happy hours, lunches and movie nights has fostered a unique, friendly and helpful culture that continues to proliferate throughout the firm. PEI management is also working to offer more linear career paths for its employees and encourages upward mobility into different business lines with upper management potential. I have been with the firm for almost 7 years and have worked in numerous business verticals, receiving promotions and increased responsibility along the way. I have learned much about what is typically an opaque asset class and have also greatly expanded my professional and social networks. I would recommend PEI to anyone who is looking for an entrepreneurial opportunity in a fast – paced company with a potential for career progression.

Cons

Inter-departmental communication can be improved. Clients can become frustrated as they are contacted by numerous sales people in different departments for different products / business-lines. Management is aware of this and are working on ways in which to streamline.

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PEI Group Response
8y
Thank you for this comment. Please do come and talk to me more about this if you can - particularly the concern about too many P&L's making it difficult for different businesses to work in strategic alignment. 2018 will see us seek to advance with much greater shared knowledge and affinity for brand positions/strategic allignment - we recognise that some of our great brands will grow better if we address the market opportunity for both subscription product values and events product values by considering our opportunities on a 'total market' level. If you've more to say on this topic - I'd love to hear it. We've got more to do to allign some of our cross-market sales approaches - but you will have noted investments we've made in group sales management in the past year and might also be aware of the data strategy investment which will help us be more 'joined up' in our go to market approach as we develop. Happy to tell you more. Tim McLoughlin - CEO
4.0
Mar 29, 2017

Good place to start off

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great culture, great people, really good worklife balance and good benifits

Cons

Very few Cons. Need to pay workers more

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PEI Group Response
8y
Thank you for taking the time to post a comment here. I am glad you've enjoyed your time here - and enjoyed our way of working which we hope gives people challenging and satisfying work, whilst allowing a healthy balance between work and home life. We're also always open to supporting personal development and career progression within what is a strongly growing company - always preferring to promote from within whenever possible. As we grow, we're constantly able to benchmark our salaries against other similar businesses in the market and against the expectations of external applicants/workers from other similar companies. We don't always get it right - but hopefully people will find some straight talking with their line manager usually gets to the right outcome. Tim McLoughlin - CEO.
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