Pros
-The HR organization (named career management) appears to operate by a different talent acquisition model and really does its best to find good candidates a spot within the company. You do not normally find a company that tries to do that for candidates, and that is a nice change. -Apparently the DC office has plans to move to a new office in 2019 around New York Avenue (a welcome change since the DC office is pretty eclectic and outdated right now) -The company tries its best to do some nice things for employees (e.g., celebrating March Madness, supporting employee resource groups) -The learning and development department is quite good for this stage (better than some larger enterprises)
Cons
-Extremely poor middle management (many of whom lack experience and growth outside of the company and only know how to do things according to the Advisory Board or “healthcare” way from the past) -Very slow to embrace change and innovation (likes to think of itself as a startup in some ways but does not embrace openness and transparency as much as bonafide startups) -Total compensation is not very competitive (tends to lag other companies and not be a leader... compensation philosophy behind this is unknown) -Job titles and departments ca be very confusing and not 1:1 with other companies (e.g., “Marketing” at EAB = “Sales”... there is no actual marketing department) -Benefits are underwhelming at best and not super competitive/distinctive from other organizations -Overall B2B business model appears to have growth limitations due to nature of clients (e.g., higher education institutions) who are generally slower to act and have other more well established competitors in the space -There appear to be 3 types of people employed by the company: relatively new graduates with little job experience, people who have built their entire careers at Advisory Board and haven’t had experience elsewhere, and transfers from Advisory Board. The company doesn’t tend to hire for diversity in thought by attracting and embracing external talent and cultures