Project Administrator - Anonymous employee Westat Employee Review

1.0
Dec 1, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Westat engages staff on interesting projects. The company favors managing via numerous meetings, and this leads to fairly effective cross-departmental coordination.

Cons

The overall approach to PM is not effective. PM is treated more as a secretarial position, with no room for growth. Dynamic analysis is frowned upon because management does not understand the importance of robust financial analysis in complex global PM. Other reviewers mentioned the numerous VPs, and this is very true. Political infighting is viral here, coupled with back-stabbing and flagrant lies to protect the images of senior managers. The environment is toxic and painful.

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