Overworked and still expected to do more. Highly political and very 'clique'ish' - Client Executive Edelman Employee Review

2.0
Jul 17, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Has the reputation of being a good company to work for

Cons

Junior staff get more than 6 accounts at any one time and co. still expect good work. Bosses give only lip service to problem but keep adding work such as internal projects and new business on top of work. There is always an excuse but never an excuse to help me. Am let down by promises. CEs who stay late and kiss up to bosses get favouritism. Feedback goes nowhere. Don't want people to make mistake of working here.

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Pros

I worked with some of the brightest and best people in the business. Most of them are no longer with the company. Some good clients, and nice office space.

Cons

Very limited opportunities for growth. During my time they reduced promotions to only once a year, and made many excuses for promoting as few people as possible (despite becoming the first "$1B" agency at that time). Morale was extremely low. People were forced to come into an office with nobody they actually worked with. Common to be passed from manager to manager. At one point I had 6+ managers within a 10-month span.

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