Edelman reviews

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(3,515 total reviews)
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Richard W. Edelman

60% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Edelman has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,515 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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1.0
Mar 23, 2024
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Pros

Looks good on your resume because its a leader in the communications field. Skills development. Top tier clients. Hones your writing, research and media relations skills.

Cons

Pervasive office politics, huge turn over, cut throat environment, mostly males dominating higher level management who sexually harass young women at company happy hours - toxic culture and its a sweatshop!

3.0
Feb 7, 2024
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Pros

Great peers, interesting opportunities if you can find them, solid benefits, 4pm Fridays, good employee resource groups

Cons

Senior leadership is disconnected from account teams--employees are nothing but numbers to the C-suite. There is no clear vision for the company as a whole. Promotions and merit increases are practically nonexistent. Favoritism plays a major role in who gets assigned what projects (read: the same people are put on the "cool," high-profile projects, which leaves no learning opportunities for junior folks.) Review season is notoriously complicated and stressful--the review system was changed at least 3 times in the past 5 years--and managers never seem to know what's going on with their direct reports' career trajectory. Bottom line: Edelman created and upholds a stressful, unbalanced environment: rewarding leaders who have exhibited bad behavior, stringing along talent with false promises of an upward career trajectory, and encouraging work/life balance while silently expecting employees to work long hours.

1.0
Feb 6, 2024
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Pros

There were no pros about this company.

Cons

The training was not good. They hosted one training for all new hires. Meaning if you were a hired as a Project Manager you would sit in training with a Financial Analyst. Two very different roles that do two completely different job. Also, due to the lack of training other departments had no idea how to perform their tasks. This caused an issue with for the employees who indeed knew how to perform their tasks.

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