Westat reviews

-I was hired post-COVID and everyone worked remotely. It is a large company with many departments and projects and I never felt that I knew what happened anywhere outside of my projects, even within my division. -I was isolated and unsupported by management. In consulting, you have to make sure all of your hours are billable to specific projects, which change according to tasks and deadlines. I struggled my entire time to fill hours and received little help. -I had a bumpy start and was never able to recover. I think this was a mix of an ill fit, a lack of support, and the mental and physical toll the job took on me. -Toward the end, I was put on a project I really liked with two people I really clicked with. I learned a lot about their experiences with the company. It was very eye-opening to hear about toxic and unethical situations they experienced. -Ultimately, I was laid off due to DOGE. It was a relief for me personally and I got a severance, but they laid off a colleague who had worked there for 22 years. Zero compassion or effort to try to find her project work.

no room for growth, job gets very boring after you do it very well, no PTO