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      Westat

      Engaged Employer

      Westat reviews

      3.6

      71% would recommend to a friend

      (712 total reviews)
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      Scott Royal

      77% approve of CEO

      29% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Senior management

      3.3

      Compensation and benefits

      3.2

      Career opportunities

      Westat has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 712 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Westat employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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      Reviews by job title

      712 reviews
      3.0
      Sep 28, 2017

      Good company that needs to catch up with the times

      Senior researcher
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Multidisciplinary, room for advancement, friendly co-workers, employee-owned, some managers promote work-life balance

      Cons

      Benefits are expensive, company has trouble keeping younger talent - constantly losing newer workers to companies with better pay and benefits once they have a little experience, Aging workforce means that company policies and benefits are aimed at those who will retire soon rather than recruiting and retaining new talent, clunky and inefficient

      3.0
      Sep 1, 2017

      Your experience depends on your job title and department

      Research assistant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Wonderful benefits Some great coworkers Employee owned firm Interesting work I've had some really wonderful experiences here. I've had some great coworkers and really interesting work.

      Cons

      Some unbearable senior management Only 6 days off per year (holiday leave- anything else is vacation) Conflict avoidant culture Layoffs lately (like many research firms that rely on gov. funding) It's really hard to climb the ladder without a Ph.D. or someone in your department that fights hard for you that has a lot of pull. There's some cliques. If you're not in them you don't get work.

      1.0
      Sep 8, 2016

      NHanes

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Travel, points with hotels and free breakfast

      Cons

      Westat management could care less about their employees in the field. A hierarchy of unbalanced, egocentric and in some cases, bipolar people who constantly plot and web stories to be in the good graces with home office.

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