Edelman reviews

Overall, did not find most employees to be intelligent or capable of critical thinking. There are very few new ideas -- we used to joke internally that we would just change the cover of a proposal without bringing in new ideas or fresh thinking. By the time I left, I was shocked that the agency managed to hang onto clients at all, so my best guess is that the bar is just lower in PR & comms. The place also has serious culture and values issues. I think the only reason it does so well on Glassdoor is that the company has a "Glassdoor strategy" and actually sells this as a service to clients, too. Totally fake.

"Research Analysts" outside the the RITC office (operations hub) have seemingly no experience doing research. It's actually very fascinating. The majority of my colleagues require constant hand-holding and spoon feeding. And if you don't do what they want, they will become visibly upset when they don't get their way. There is a strong emphasis on fast data instead of quality data. (Luckily I don't have to present findings to the end-clients because I would be embarrassed out of my mind to show up with our dodgy data. On the other hand, "senior" team members are so ignorant of the field, industry methodologies and just general knowledge, they probably don't realize they sound ridiculous.) You will work long hours, usually trying to clean up messes made by other people because nobody takes the time to think things through before they act. If you don't work in the NYC office, senior executives will treat you like pond scum. Actually, that's an exaggeration because treating you in any way as anything implies that they will interact with you. They will not. If you are in the NYC office, your fellow co-workers will treat you like scum and all the other offices will dislike you. Gossip is the name of the game. In fact the louder you whisper, the more you will fit it. And you should probably just stick to gossiping because providing and actual input or feedback is futile. You do not matter. Your opinion does not matter. Having an opinion might actually get you in trouble, so don't do that either. Favoritism is a thing. You'll get used to it. If you're not a favorite, you won't ever be, so don't fight it. In the end, as long as you can accept living with minimal expectations for your job, it's not the worse gig out there. Oh, and if you're above he age of 35, you probably won't get hired. Just saying.