Okay place to gain experience. - Anonymous employee Westat Employee Review

3.0
May 9, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Westat is full of intelligent hard-working individuals - It's a good place to develop basic research skills - It has a large campus with a convenient gym and cafeteria - Everyone gets their own office

Cons

- Not within walking distance of metro - While it's a good place to develop skills, you will likely end up doing the same thing over again. There is not enough variety of work for lower-level staff. - Colleagues are hit or miss, same as any workplace - Senior management could do a better job of introducing projects to staff and updating them on developments. I never know what half the other people on my teams are doing. - Too many meetings.

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