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      3.9

      75% would recommend to a friend

      (14,557 total reviews)
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      Steve Hasker

      82% approve of CEO

      67% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      Thomson Reuters has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 14,557 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Thomson Reuters employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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      15K reviews
      2.0
      Jan 12, 2015

      It was like a bad marriage - Did not know how bad it was until you were gone.

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I spent 14 years there. Had lots of room for promotions and growth until the Reuters purchase. Management was good at the time and understood the business and drove for success and everyone participated. Up until 2010, I was being promoted through the ranks as was some of my colleagues.

      Cons

      Everything is the 'blame game". Management would not take responsibility for failures for fear of being let go. Lots of layoffs across functions all the time. Outsourcing and reduction in benefits continued to take it's toll on morale. It was once enjoyable to go to work everyday, then it became a chore as vision, direction and leadership waned. Resource prioritization is an issue. Too many 'pet' projects by management that do not add value for the customer. Smaller business units are left to survive on older technology and competitors are realizing this. Best advice given to me by my boss "Get to know HR and Finance very well" - they made the decision on your career promotion/demotion or layoffs not your boss. Many times I heard your management had no idea of the changes and/or layoffs coming until it was too late.

      1.0
      May 13, 2021

      No longer recognize this company :(

      Analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      As a long term 18+ veteran people ,culture and work life balance used to be the reason why I would ever recommend TR. This reason over the past 3+ years have totally diminished with constant layoffs and people just leaving the towel and going elsewhere.

      Cons

      - constant layoffs - none existing pay increases (always the same reason - company has no money) - constant turnover - more and more contract people (offshore) which is hard to work with - benefits keep going down (health premiums up 15% annually - reason - costs are up so passed to the employee)

      2.0
      Mar 17, 2019

      Should have left years ago

      Lead software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good benefits, such as in-house food options, physical therapist, convenience store, Caribou Coffee, shuttle service for the enormous parking lot and ability to work remotely. If you are a female technologist, you will have a distinct advantage over males, because of the effort to provide equality in this area and because there is a shortage of females in technology. Diverse workforce. Enjoy working with people from many backgrounds and ethnicities.

      Cons

      Fear of getting laid off every October. The company hires a bunch of people throughout the year, only to layoff a bunch at the end of the year. This cycle has gone on for at least 10 years and it brings uncertainty and fear to employees. This is not good for the culture and promotes negativity and poor company reviews (like this one). And no, I did not get laid off recently. Bonuses are a joke, unless you are a new employee, or move around in the company. I had employees reporting to me who were given a bonus that was 4x what I received in 2018, despite receiving the same level of performance rating that I was given. No changes were made this year, even after I complained. Loyalty to the company means nothing to management. Employees are not important, they are just numbers. Reviews are purely subjective and hopefully your manager likes you enough to get a good review. No clear path for getting promoted, and moving to different departments is difficult. The only reason I stuck around was for the Pension Plan, but they managed to cut me off by moving me over to the new company that was formed.

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      Thank you for your feedback - we are always looking at ways to make improvements & candid feedback is the best way for us to understand the areas where we need to focus.
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