Good People, but They Leave - Research Associate EAB Employee Review

4.0
Jun 22, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Wonderful, engaged people who care about making education better. Flexible. Many opportunities for personal and professional growth in training and community engagement for entry-level employees. Friendly atmosphere. Great team building that doesn't feel like a chore. Good work-life balance. Good perks, but they often aren't very relevant to employee needs. Opportunities to work in different areas of the company from where you originally found a position. Lots of young, social colleagues who care about each other. Opportunities to advance.

Cons

People tend to leave after a year or two because they aren't given the necessary tools or space to continue to move toward their career goals. We see incredibly promising employees leave every month for jobs that better value their experience and expertise. Career development decisions are opaque at best, leaving people wondering why they were placed in the area they were and largely unable to negotiate properly. Also, there are few (are there any?) women in the highest positions.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Apr 1, 2026
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CEO approval
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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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