On paper it's fine, but fails in management - Anonymous employee EAB Employee Review

2.0
Nov 1, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Very smart, inspiring colleagues. Most people genuinely care about EAB's mission and our clients in higher ed -Good benefits, many PTO days and healthylife

Cons

-Terrible, terrible middle management. While I don't doubt that there are hard-working members in the C-Suite, that doesn't help when your immediate manager is incompetent. Who is keeping them accountable? Many director/senior director level staff are unqualified for their positions, and it seems many have gotten there due to favoritism. I had several different managers- across the board I felt like they were pretty useless, and I was confident they could not do my job -Does not feel merit-based or expertise is valued. Analyst-level staff get little reward for their work, often leading to burnout and staff turnover. Some of the brightest minds leave EAB, and their managers often don't seem to care -Still feels like a firm who can do presentations and meetings well, struggling to transition into technology and solutions consulting phase -Gender and racial diversity is lacking and apparent

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2.0
Apr 1, 2026
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Pros

Had a history of supporting employee needs (e.g. hybrid)

Cons

- has become obsessed with in-office culture and "being present" (i.e., super limited full remote roles now), would not be surprised if the exec team submits a RTO mandate soon - compensation is under what you should receive, regardless of tenure or level. The amount of work far outpaces your salary. -because of the point above, burnout and a culture of irritability is omnipresent. - do NOT take the senior promotion, it just results in more work (you do multiple smaller projects in addition to your current workload and now lead trainings) and a small pay increase that does not even match inflation. - expectation that less senior staff have to interpret everything, big lack of clarity between need-to-have feedback and preference-edit feedback - instead of annual raises that match inflation, you get to spend full days quarterly with the team talking about topics that have nothing to do with your day-to-day - Management has become very clique-y, good luck moving into management if you're not already a part of the clique (or fully remote) - Unpaid overtime is expected but you will get shamed for not doing everything during the workday. - We currently work with the military and with the police as recruitment strategists so ICE will probably be next

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