London Analytics (ADSK) was the worst experience of my working career. In my opinion, the role was oversold and it seems as though it was more important to get "talent" into the Analytics department than to retain it. The role was void of stimulation. One was made to feel like a robot, with every action of the day being monitored and metric'd. It was an environment that was not dissimilar to what I would imagine it would be like to work in a call centre (not that I have anything against call centres, but would expect something slightly more stimulating given the number of years I spent studying and working in the industry). One's day is completely determined by management, from the time you arrive to the time you leave, right down to determining at what time during the day that you could take lunch. If you were away from your desk for more than ten minutes, it was likely that a manager had tried to contact you to see where you were and why you were not taking client queries. Training for the role is inadequate and for the first few months I was dealing with many queries relating to the sounds that the Bloomberg terminal was (or was not) making instead of much to do with finance. It would've been funny if it weren't so depressing. The queries became more relevant/finance-related as I became 'more' (according to Bloomberg management) qualified to take them on. There were hardly any breaks between taking queries and one was taking on an endless stream of some or other query about the Bloomberg terminal. It was a mind-numbing, stressful (and not in the good way) and quite depressing job. The culture whereby you feel that you are constantly being watched, does not give you the happy vibes either. Unfortunately, I didn't see that there were career prospects outside of Analytics and by that stage I was so disillusioned with the company that I simply decided to look elsewhere.
