Thomson Reuters Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Thomson Reuters?

"Nothing. It is a back-stabbing culture where the aggressor makes the lives of her employees miserable."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Do not be naive with fancy video presentations and neat reception rooms."

What don't you like about working at Thomson Reuters?

"Aggressive environment where managers are very short of encouragement. Some colleagues were nice but the culture itself is not healthy at all."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would make sure that competent people are hired instead of those who only serve themselves."

"This has been one of the best companies to work for."

What do you like about working at Thomson Reuters?

"I enjoy the progressive atmosphere and the interactions and support between teams."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The training period is absolutely brutal. Be prepared to shut down all other aspects of life or you will not pass."

What don't you like about working at Thomson Reuters?

"There are few possibilities to move up within the company because it is so small. Promotions and transfers to other branches of Thomson Reuters are not encouraged or often approved."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make sure that when people come into the company they are aware that there is a total staff of about 200 and that moving a career forward is not possible unless someone leaves a position."

"I saw a lot of bad management and constant org changes."

What do you like about working at Thomson Reuters?

"The office was modern, equipment new, coworkers were reasonably friendly, and there was a dress code but nothing stifling."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Avoid the technology and markets side. The journalism (news) division may be better. The legal information operations are also sounder, but pay is low from what I hear."

What don't you like about working at Thomson Reuters?

"Incessant organizational changes, managers changing positions, and being let go, at rates I have never seen anywhere. My entire line from my boss to the CEO (that's five levels) departed within one year. Many jobs have been off-shored, and even off-shore jobs are subject to be off-shored further to an even cheaper locale. I saw tremendous destruction of knowledge about the company's systems in exchange for salary cost savings. The results have been bad; the flagship Eikon product developed in Thailand has been so buggy and slow it cost the CEO his job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would have said fire them all, but they have been. Currently there is an absence of good technology people in top posts. The company has no insight into technology development, yet this is a key driver for the success of the markets part of the company. Bloomberg is doing it much better. Also, I'd tell them to stop the reorg every quarter culture (this is still going on). They are substituting reorgs for the real work of managing the company. It's bad for morale and it's hard for people to trust the longevity of any initiative, so nobody feels like a real stakeholder in them. Instead, any sane employee is just looking out for himself in the short term."

What do you like about working at Thomson Reuters?

"Ability to work from home, fellow employees are nice people."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Keep walking. Your job will likely be outsourced in 6-12 months."

What don't you like about working at Thomson Reuters?

"Both policy and upper management changes every few months with no time to catch a breath. In a state of constant upheaval and outsourcing is constant. Everyone is stressed and overworked."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop making unreasonable demands under threat of outsourcing. It's de-motivational. Staff the departments properly and let go of useless middle managers who contribute little to nothing. Company is top-heavy."

What do you like about working at Thomson Reuters?

"Work-life flexibility, I enjoy the people I work with and the environment in which I work."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It's a large corporation and easy to get lost. If you can find a good mentor or have a good manager, you can really perform and get satisfaction from your job."

What don't you like about working at Thomson Reuters?

"It is hard to get projects accomplished and really see a result. There is a lot of red tape to get through to get approvals, etc. to actually get a project started. Also, some employees are stuck in old ways and it's hard to bring new and creative solutions to the table."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Communicate proactively, have a door is always open policy, make sure there is an end goal and everyone is focused on the same page."

"I was an intern so my opportunities were limited."

What do you like about working at Thomson Reuters?

"Thomson Reuters provided me with a great amount of experience in a setting I was unfamiliar with. Learning order of operations in such a large company is vital for my success. I am still in contact with the team members that I worked closely with."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Interview process at Thomson Reuters is rather intense. It was approximately 3 hours, and I met with 6 different people. Honesty and specific examples, is key to any interview process."

What don't you like about working at Thomson Reuters?

"Being an intern in such a large company, makes it incredibly difficult to prove yourself. I did what was asked of me, and worked hard to exceed my goals. I asked for feedback, and asked questions when I didn't know."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Constructive communication in progressing as an intern would have been more beneficial."

What do you like about working at Thomson Reuters?

"They understood that I did not have the amount of experience that most people had and were willing to hire me."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just be honest and open out your experience and passion for IT."

What don't you like about working at Thomson Reuters?

"The corporate setting. I do not like how decisions are made based on the bottom line and not based on people."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Know what you are doing when you hire someone who does not have a ton of experience and expect them to know everything."

What do you like about working at Thomson Reuters?

"Nice co-workers, flexible work hours, corporate casual. Many different departments allowing you to move laterally from one position to another."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It's a good job out of college. Don't stay there longer than 3 years. You are better off looking in another company for a promotion than waiting for TR to give it to you."

What don't you like about working at Thomson Reuters?

"Really hard to get promoted. The longer you are there, the harder it is to get promoted. They would rather promote people who have been at TR for less years and have a smaller salary."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be smarter with who you promote. A manager's mistake ends up affecting many people within a company."

"Great people, decent location, great opportunity for internal advancement."

"It was very pleasurable to work with them."