Dedicated staff; mission-driven agency - Anonymous employee WestEd Employee Review

5.0
Jul 11, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Passionate, dedicated staff; mission-driven agency doing important work; solid benefits and good vacation and sick time; smart, interesting colleagues; a wide variety of work going on in offices across the country -- so there can be opportunities to move to different programs/projects. In my experience, people here treat their colleagues with respect and most staff are very dedicated to their jobs and the mission of the agency (improving education outcomes in the U.S.).

Cons

Not always the most social atmosphere, as a lot of staff are academics who are somewhat introverted (which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but might be for certain personality types); funding can be an issue, as projects need to seek various funding sources for their work; headquarters are in San Francisco, but we're likely not as "modern" as many of the tech startups (which also isn't necessarily a bad thing, but may be for certain personality types).

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WestEd Response
8y
Thank you for your review, and thank you also for your long tenure here at WestEd! We always appreciate hearing from current employees. I would certainly agree that intelligence, respect, and dedication are hallmarks of WestEd employees. I appreciate your individual experience of the socialization level and modernity here, though I would like to refer you to our allocated budget for each office location set aside for social activities each year. There is a large diversity of work, multiple projects and programs across more than a dozen different office locations, as well as a significant percentage of our employee base who are remote workers, so one person’s employee experience may differ widely from another’s. Thanks again for taking the time to write a review – you are encouraged to bring up any concerns, compliments or suggestions to Glen Harvey directly, to your supervisor or to the Human Resources Department.

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