Ambitious, Political, terrible work/life balance - Executive Producer Edelman Employee Review

3.0
Jul 7, 2022
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Pros

Edelman has the right idea of creating an all encompassing agency PR, marketing, broadcast, digital, experiential- it is one of the truly integrated agencies. The creatives are really good.

Cons

The creative leadership is arrogant and encourages the more junior creatives to never compromise - even if the budget or client isn't on board. It creates a toxic environment that pits creative against everyone else. Production is caught in the middle, but side with anyone but the creatives and you might as well quit. Also, the finance is so old school that real agency work is overly complicated.

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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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