Work environment has become toxic - Anonymous employee Westat Employee Review

2.0
Apr 24, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

It use to be a good place to work, there was flexibility in the job and support from the management staff.

Cons

Employee review process is subjective; poor morale; spirit of collaboration seems to be dissipating; huge disparity between the way different areas of company are managed. Managements staff does not seem to have knowledge of how to deal with lower level employees. There is no communication between upper management and staff, everyone just seems to be worried about their own job and not the project.

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