EAB reviews

A young marketing company (10+ yrs) that has created its own technology to meet the needs of the business. The purchase of Royall by The Advisory Board will in the long term be a positive as the technology struggles to keep up with the pace of the business. When clients visit, employees are required to dress formally on specific days. Some departments have recently moved to a new location a few blocks away, the dress code is more casual (no client visits).

The cons of working here include the highly cliquish atmosphere (if you're not a favorite of one of the big dogs, your work performance will not be viewed objectively); the disparity between the open, progressive culture of parent company The Advisory Board Company and Royall's more provincial "Old Richmond Money" culture; and the inability of managers to consider new and possibly more effective solutions and procedures. For most employees, assimilation into the white-bread, 40-and-younger, fashion/looks-oriented mindset is critical to survival. There are a few people who are able to pull off a left-of-center hairstyle or wardrobe piece because their supervisor understands it has nothing to do with performance, but the rest must follow strict unspoken guidelines. Had I known about all of this before joining the company, I would have remained at my previous job. By the way, the CEO of Royall met with each team immediately after his ascension, and while I can't speak for what he said in other team meetings, he did specifically encourage my team to go write a positive review on glassdoor.com.