How they ended up in the Best Companies to work for list is a MYSTERY - Anonymous employee Edelman Employee Review

1.0
31 May 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

_Somewhat generous holidays allowance. However you are too exhausted to enjoy those by the time you get to your holidays. _Amongst the general horribleness you will find some very good, kind and dedicated individuals and they do make life at Edelman a tiny bit better.

Cons

_Sweatshop hours. No rewards for all the hard work you will put in. Especially up to level 4 (AD). Juniors are in the office at all hours AND crying, people collapse from exhaustion. And it's not once in a while. Flag this and you will be told by your senior management team to keep your mouth shut if you want to be considered for promotion. Would you call that bullying? I will let you decide. _Politics, politics, politics. Senior management's inability to settle their bickering and their utter lack of vision are getting in the way of good people producing good work. Senior management can be seen openly criticizing other senior members of the team in front of juniors. _Expensive rates: a lot of clients struggle with the ratecards (and you will to if you're somehow in charge of negotiating new budgets... and then be blamed for it). _Office space is dreadful. People squished like sardines - not what you would expect of a 'leading' comms marketing firm' (whatever that means) _Global firm but getting opportunities abroad is actually tricky

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Pros

As always, the people you work with. Nice office spaces.

Cons

Uncertainty and contradictory information. 'Senior' teams have client meetings and make decisions that are not relayed to the teams, solo miscommunication and frustration is the bread and butter of operation. They don't have business visiblity for the next 2-3 weeks so they try to pivot and impress the client up to 3 times a day, which is time consuming, it burns out and rarely anything gets to the client. A very vertical organization, something is right or wrong simply because a 'VP' says so. They claim to be supportive, to have programs, to do everything for their employees, but when you actually need something, you realize you're on your own.

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