Best place to work, except . . . - Research Associate WestEd Employee Review

Thank you for your work with WestEd – we are so appreciative of current employees who take the time to provide their views and constructive feedback on WestEd’s policies. I’m pleased to hear that you’ve had good experiences with the people here – we pride ourselves on being a supportive and caring workforce. WestEd has a complicated web of staff that work from their home office, one of our remote offices, or in our corporate headquarters in San Francisco. Within that web are a range of reporting relationships. We pay staff equitably based on a number of factors. It is rare that we have two people doing exactly the same work that brought exactly the same experiences and value to WestEd. On average, staff that live in higher cost of labor areas make more than those in low cost of labor areas but we don’t believe a strict geographic compensation policy is in WestEd ‘s or our staff’s best interest. We feel that our wages are competitive and in line with the work we do. Regarding vacation time, we also provide 12 paid holidays per year, as well as paid sick leave. After your 4th year here, your paid vacation time goes to 4 weeks per year. Thank you again for your work and taking the time to provide your opinion.