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      3.4

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (3,502 total reviews)
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      Richard W. Edelman

      57% approve of CEO

      41% positive business outlook

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      3.4

      Culture & values

      3.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Compensation and benefits

      3.0

      Work/Life balance

      2.9

      Senior management

      Edelman has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 3,502 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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      4K reviews
      2.0
      Aug 7, 2018

      Account Executive

      Account executive
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      Pros

      - Looks excellent on a resume if you want to be in PR. - Excellent client roster. - Free Shake Shack sometimes.

      Cons

      - Women are promoted significantly less often than men; the junior workforce is 85% women and senior management is 85% men. - People absolutely fudge their hours to boost their utilization rate, which especially sucks for nonprofit clients. - Diversity is nonexistent. Edelman employees are largely white, from upper-class backgrounds, hyper-extroverted, non-disabled. - The 360 review process allows coworkers who are literally competing with you for promotions to weigh in on whether you advance or not. - Managers can be hit or miss -- mine pretty much forgot I existed until I put in my 2 weeks notice, and then she refused to look at or speak to me (not even a "farewell"). - Hyper-competitive environment. - Work-life balance is nonexistent - I regularly worked 9am-9pm and then was expected to be "on call" when I left the office.

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      Edelman Response
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      I'm disappointed to hear that you had a less than ideal experience at Edelman and I’d welcome the opportunity to talk if you’re willing to share more specific feedback about work/life balance, your review experience, your work environment or anything else (maria.okeeffe@edelman.com). I was also concerned to read the stats you included about diversity. While increasing diverse representation of our staff continues to be a major priority, I want to take a moment to share our current stats for anyone else reading this. In the U.S., four out of five geography presidents are women (80%), which is in addition to our female US COO, US CFO and Chief Talent Officer. Our US workforce is currently more than 25% racially and ethnically diverse and over 50% of our EVP and above employees are female. We are actively working to improve further, while taking care to prioritize inclusion initiatives, as well. Thanks for your review and I hope to hear from you. Maria O'Keeffe, Executive Director US HR.
      3.0
      Sep 14, 2016

      Clickish Environment

      Anonymous employee
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      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Flex work schedule - somewhat family friendly employee programs - various rewards, including work abroad client mix - strong roster of companies to represent

      Cons

      Tend to get rid of people to protect bottom line, but "preach" how they value and grow talent. Cut-throat, everyone is jockeying for promotion and will do whatever it takes, including lying and throwing colleagues under the bus Lots of talk with no true action to back up

      3.0
      Jun 21, 2016

      great company overall, west coast management needs serious help.

      Senior vice president
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      Pros

      Client roster is excellent. Senior level clients are incredibly smart, focused and driven. Being independently owned allows the company to act for the long term and experiment, rather than focus so heavily on quarterly numbers. Mid-level staff (VP) and below are energetic, smart and genuinely seem to want to do the best they can.

      Cons

      “Optics” far outweigh "results". Speaking for the West Coast, one of the most political environments I have ever seen. Riddled with managers who seem to have never managed before. Senior management – especially in general marketing disciplines (not traditional PR) – seem to think their job is to spend on lunches, drinks, hotels and to parade around losses disguised as wins (read: low budget, mid level, one time project work that loses money. Client retreats after underwhelming work due to poor setup and poorly managed expectations.) Incredibly poor hiring track record for key roles: Consistently hiring (and then within a year firing) the wrong people with the wrong skill sets who are given the wrong responsibilities and the wrong reporting structure. It’s damaging to culture, morale and the work every single time. Promotions and raises are predicted (accurately) based on social media posts of senior management’s after work drinking buddies. Very cliquey.

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