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3.4

61% would recommend to a friend

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Richard W. Edelman

60% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

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3.0
Aug 20, 2020
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CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing amount of experience and exposure developed over short period of time

Cons

Overworked, underpaid. Only once ever got any sort of bonus, which was a $50 Nordstrom gift card.

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Edelman Response
5y
I'm glad that you got great exposure and experience while you were here; I think that's the core "reward" of working here. I don't agree with you about how we value employees but I acknowledge that if you felt that way, something(s) could have gone better and I'm sorry for that. Thanks for your feedback and best of luck. Maria O'Keeffe, US Chief Talent Officer
4.0
Aug 10, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Supportive Management - Account Diversity - High profile clients - Expansive network/you can find an expert on basically anything within the network

Cons

- Little to no work-life balance - An expectation that 40hrs a week is not enough / you're not pulling your weight - Can be a bit catty at times - SO MUCH micromanaging - Low pay

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Edelman Response
5y
Mixed bag review. Most importantly, I'm glad that you feel supported by your manager, which is so important. I hope knowing that, you can have a conversation about work-life balance and maybe about the proper levels of oversight that work for both you and your manager to address the percieved micromanaging. If you don't know how to approach it, reach out to your HR/Talent partner who can help you with this. Good luck! Maria O'Keeffe, US Chief Talent Officer
1.0
Aug 6, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

- strong mid-level management. - few people say "no." - some very talented people, though its spread unevenly.

Cons

- low pay for talent - tons of bureaucracy - lots of turf wars, part of the fact there are too many managers and fiefdoms. - self-starting is discouraged, leaving the company at the mercy of big accounts that can go away quickly. This is why the company is losing money and not able to weather storms. - there is no rhyme or reason to promotion and reward. - The most senior management levels -- including the CEO -- are simply immoral. Promising to avoid layoffs, then doing layoffs, was bad enough. Promoting the CEO's daughter a couple weeks later is, best case scenario, tone-deaf. Worst case, it actively says the CEO doesn't care about what his employees think.

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Edelman Response
5y
Some of your core comments-around reorganizing responsibilities so certain folks can focus more on clients and think less about their "turf" are things we're actively improving now. However, while it's clear you were unhappy with parts of your experience here, i have to share that your personal insights are not in line with those that we've collected from the vast majority of existing employees. That isn't to invalidate your thoughts. From my perspective our leaders most certainly base their decisions on data and thoughtful evaluation. I won't disagree that laying off employees when we truly hated to do so and didn't originally intend to was a very hard and painful decision that we wish we didn't have to make. It was also a product of a global pandemic that our business was not immune to. I've been very proud of how our leadership has handled the unprecedented challenges experienced this year and I can share that based on data, the vast majority if our employees agree with me. I'm sorry that was not your experience and i wish you the best in these challenging times. Maria O'Keeffe, US Chief Talent Officer
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