Say goodbye to work-life balance - Anonymous employee Edelman Employee Review

1.0
Nov 11, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Access to sponsored events, decent benefits, office is at the Aon Center. Decent amount of vacation days, when you can take them.

Cons

Low compensation. Even if you are on PTO, you will probably be asked to work from home. Lack of work-life balance is an absolute deal breaker, no matter how much alcohol they give you. 60 hour work weeks are not uncommon especially when people wait until last minute to give you a full day's work with a 2 hour deadline. Then, berate you when you cannot possibly finish "in time".

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