Drop the Politics - Anonymous employee Edelman Employee Review

3.0
Sep 14, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Provides great experience for young employees in learning the building blocks of comms marketing; high-level accounts; opportunity for growth in a worldwide network

Cons

Favortism persists and promos/awards not always based on quality of work done, especially at senior levels. Also, the company is going through a transition and not everyone understands their new roles. Pay isn't great compared to others in the industry, especially for the hours you put in.

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