Edelman reviews

3.4

62% would recommend to a friend

(3,512 total reviews)
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Richard W. Edelman

59% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Edelman has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 3,512 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Edelman employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.5 stars).

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3.0
Dec 5, 2024

Heading in a bad direction

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Edelman is home to some of the best people I’ve worked with. Amazing minds are there, and good people work there. Has an impressive client roster.

Cons

Senior leadership will burn this company to the ground. They’re out of touch with how we actually operate and what our clients need. They focus on the big name clients and completely ignore our smaller but consistent ones and their needs.

3.0
Dec 4, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

collaborative and lots of autonomy

Cons

layoffs are unpredictable and often

2.0
Dec 4, 2024

Be better when making employees redundant

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great office, great friendships, good food in the canteen

Cons

The recent lay off was conducted in such a sly manner, something you wouldn’t expect from “apparently the top PR firm in the world”. Making someone redundant by telling them that they aren’t enough or performing well, instead of the honest real reason. 2 hours later, the business announces lay offs over a meeting. This could have been communicated so much better and could have let people go with respect. I was told to just submit my laptop and leave in an hour. No goodbyes, no farewell. Made us feel like we are the “bad people” while throwing extravagant farewell parties for even AAE’s who worked for 3 months and decides to resign. This whole lay offs process made me feel extremely disrespected in a company I joined and truly loved.

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