Great Clients, Terrible Environment - Account Executive Edelman Employee Review

2.0
Apr 13, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Marquee clients and whip-smart employees. The name Edelman commands respect.

Cons

Lots of preferential treatment, management's favorites always got promoted while no one else could get a fair shake. Low salaries when compared to other firms. Terrible track record with diversity. Minorities are good enough to do all the account work, new business presentations and special projects but not good enough during their annual review to get promoted and paid fairly. Every Black person I know who came through this office was traumatized.

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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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