Experience greatly dependent on department and team - Research Associate WestEd Employee Review

2.0
Apr 14, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great place to learn new skills if you are on the right projects - Flexibility in terms of remote work as well as being able to change your amount of FTE for most roles - Some great people work here who are well connected within the field

Cons

- Not always opportunities to develop skills - often you get stuck doing same repetitive tasks and rarely get to try something new - Work is not always relevant to team/department interests, just whatever they got funding for - Many colleagues suffer from burnout due to being swamped with work constantly, leading to a sometimes toxic work culture - Many have poor boundaries and overwork themselves, leading to an unspoken expectation for everyone to do the same - Management seem resistant to changes when staff would voice concerns - Supervisors often not experienced in management and stretched too thin to effectively support staff - Promotion process is full of bureaucracy and not transparent to employees

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5.0
May 21, 2026
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Pros

smart colleagues, great benefits, work from home option

Cons

few career advancement opportunities, lack of transparency, siloed roles

4.0
May 26, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Incredible work-life balance, coworkers are genuinely great people

Cons

Pay could have been better

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