Autonomy & Appreciation got married and had a kid - Productivity - Senior Account Executive Edelman Employee Review

5.0
Jun 20, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Best reasons to work here include: Very intelligent and pro-active management that tends to have come to work for the company for the right reasons. None of the grand-fathering into management positions seen here, which is rare. Excellent trust levels to get your work done, but accountability is always in place, so you can put your brilliant strategies to work on big name clients, but if that other guy's lousy idea fails you won't be blamed for it, he will. Knowledge sharing is encouraged and highly valued. I was surprised particularly in the world of PR that there was no miserly hoarding of intel or secretive action going on within account teams. Again, that knowledge sharing. Good stuff.

Cons

If you're used to the high agency life, it's a little less lavish here. Not so many freebies, great clients but few outings and the work culture is professional in every way including social conduct. Don't go here for a bro-down, and they drink at 3pm on Fridays but don't expect anyone to hang around the office after the bell rings.

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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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