Great Company Hamstrung by Toxic Culture and Incompetent Management - Associate Director, Research EAB Employee Review

1.0
Apr 1, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

-EAB manages to hire some truly exceptional individuals, especially at the research associate, analyst, and senior analyst levels. -Can be a great experience if you end up (and stay) with the right manager. -Generous PTO and decent benefits. -Very strong corporate citizenship program and strong culture of volunteerism.

Cons

-Strong cultural attachment to the "good old days" and legacy processes. -Culture of blame rather than accountability, especially as you climb the ladder. -Job descriptions rarely align with actual responsibilities. Employee duties and experiences at the same level vary substantially across teams. -Silo mentality and one-way communication make collaboration difficult and duplication inevitable. Recent growth has only exacerbated this problem (see Moody's explanation of its 2018 downgrade to EAB's outlook). -Strong in-group/out-group dynamics. Favoritism is an open secret. -Abysmal knowledge and project management. -Poor track record of recruiting, retaining, and growing diverse talent. -Barebones investment in L&D.

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Pros

Great management and company culture

Cons

Lower pay compared to the market

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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