RA - Anonymous employee Westat Employee Review

2.0
Sep 19, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Ease you into project tasks so not overwhelmed. - Interesting project work.

Cons

- Low pay and limited PTO. - Very cliquey. It was difficult to find footing when I first started, and didn't get a chance to really bond with anyone until I was already considering leaving. Even still, I never quite felt like I could fit in, as well as others I had spoken to, resulting in me and others leaving the company. - Very slow at times, to the point where there was nothing to do. I would ask for work, and either get no response back or told to do busy work. - Upper level staff were not always responsive. - Limited to one or two project in your first year which sounds good at the time until you realize there isn't much work to do or it would be monotonous.

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