Pit of Vipers - Senior Vice President Edelman Employee Review

1.0
Jul 5, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Still a great executive management team. Fantastic talent across the global network and blue chip clients offering amazing opportunities for strategic and creative work.

Cons

Horrible management at group head and MD levels. Manipulative and divisive, they breed a culture of paranoia and insecurity, then wonder why bad behaviors start to manifest. Boys club mentality, with misogynistic undertones - feels punitive for women with strong opinions. Management plays favorites and career progression not merit based but based on politics. Overall not a supportive environment. Feels like leadership is always trying to take others down or build a case against people. No support or coaching for staff at VP or SVP levels. Low pay, bad work life balance.

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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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