Edelman reviews

• Toxic work culture • Highly competitive environment but even to the point where offices are actively fighting each other for revenue, which upper management seems to like. • But most concerning to me was how I saw men being treated differently than women in the workplace and the highly inappropriate behavior I saw of senior men at Edelman and their relationships with women at various levels. One even bragged that HR keeps asking him to stop having inappropriate relationships with junior staff but he has an addiction similar to his surfing addiction. Unfortunately, HR isn't really empowered to take the necessary action one would hope to see in today's workplace so this only continues. It's shocking that Edelman didn't get caught up in the #MeToo movement.

- extreme gender pay gap for junior employees in the SF office. When confronted, senior management and HR admitted they knew about the pay differences for junior men and women, but they said there was nothing they could do about it. - no consequences for reported sexual misconduct by an SVP - like any business that runs on billable hours, junior employees are worked to the bone as soon as they are no longer eligible to receive overtime pay. - racist hiring, firing, and promotion practices. not a welcoming environment for people of color.