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Wisconsin Economic Development Reviews

4.1

59% would recommend to a friend

(17 total reviews)

John W. Miller

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92% positive business outlook

Wisconsin Economic Development has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 17 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Wisconsin Economic Development employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government and public administration industry (3.6 stars).

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17 reviews
1.0
Jan 14, 2016

As Terrible as the Headlines

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Little to none. Come on... read the papers. That's just "publicly" how terrible they are (and only half the story).

Cons

Over paid leadership and management. Over a dozen people earning 6 figure salaries while some that were promised an increase in compensation packages after the change over from Dept. of Commerce never saw a penny. Management is terrible with no leadership, very little understanding of how to manage any kind of effective economic development (other than dolling out cheques to companies that support the governor – and can easily do that because the donors/companies have direct access to whomever they need to whether at DOA or WEDC), and are typically just trying to put out the fires that they ironically started themselves. Half the staff is demoralized and unable to effect any real change. The other half are horrible hires that think of themselves as "captains of industry." Well, too many captains on a ship is a perfect analogy of this place. A terrible, terrible, terrible place to work.

3.0
Feb 25, 2016

former compliance worker

Anonymous employee
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Pros

smaller public/private agency, opportunities to move within the corporation if you know the right people

Cons

not all the same benefits you would get as full on state employee

3.0
Jan 19, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits and opportunity to work remotely

Cons

Hard to get a promotion

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