Culture change - Principal Software Engineer Westat Employee Review

3.0
Feb 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Employee owned, nice offices, some good coworkers

Cons

Used to be a wonderful place to work. It is now a much more cut throat environment where employees are calling it the Westat squid games.

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5.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

Great company to work for. Training is always effective and well designed.

Cons

Projects/data collection periods could be longer.

4.0
Jul 9, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the leadership are fantastic! Pay is fair

Cons

Some staff do not respect lower staff; especially when they are Black lower level staff. Reactive instead of proactive when it comes to training up staff as opposed to hiring consultants Benefits and pay suffered after the administration took over Work-life balance frequently is an issue. Intrusive work expectations.

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