Ups and Downs - Research Assistant Westat Employee Review

3.0
Aug 11, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Good PTO (vacation time and sick leave, plus floating holidays. All can be rolled over to the next year) -Great opportunities to go to conferences. Believe in business development -Work from home opportunities (only occasionally unless you've been there for a few years.) -Interesting, varied work. Lots of different projects.

Cons

-Culture. Westat's senior staff don't always care about the careers of junior staff. If junior staff express interest in learning certain new skills, senior staff may just ignore them, even if it's in their power to help junior staff grow. -Very, very limited advancement opportunities. Going from junior to senior staff is incredibly difficult. -Pay. Westat definitely underpays.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

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Cons

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