Great clients and team members doesn't make up for politics, failing op model and poor work-life balance. - Vice President Edelman Employee Review

3.0
Sep 17, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are decent, super smart talent (particularly at junior levels), work-based growth opportunities, interesting projects and clients

Cons

Senior-level politics, toxic senior leaders that just linger (despite formal HR complaints), murky incentives/compensation and promotion policies, top performers are swamped with work and are burned out (then leave the company), operating model (each office has its own P&L) is antiquated and does not foment cross-office collaboration (even though some leaders tout that isn't or shouldn't be a barrier, that's not what happens in practice).

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Great clients. Great people to work with.

Cons

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Pros

I worked with some of the brightest and best people in the business. Most of them are no longer with the company. Some good clients, and nice office space.

Cons

Very limited opportunities for growth. During my time they reduced promotions to only once a year, and made many excuses for promoting as few people as possible (despite becoming the first "$1B" agency at that time). Morale was extremely low. People were forced to come into an office with nobody they actually worked with. Common to be passed from manager to manager. At one point I had 6+ managers within a 10-month span.

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