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      Westat

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      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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      712 reviews
      3.0
      Nov 1, 2014

      Field Investigator

      Mcbs field interviewer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Loved the training. It was in New Orleans - 1 wk paid. That was nice. Westat paid for everything. I enjoyed doing the interviews-field work. Its great being a part in national health study. Makes you feel like your doing something positive and contributing to the big "humanity" picture.

      Cons

      Hours changed frequently to suite the need of the company. Making it very difficult to work out side of the hours they requested. Plus working in the heat sucked-worst part of the job-though sometimes it was unavoidable.

      1.0
      Oct 17, 2014

      Unsafe and Unprofessional

      Field interviewer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I don't have much to say about this company that is a Pro. They do pay on time. The training in Pheonix was enjoyable.

      Cons

      The supervisors seem to have little or no interestest in the safety of the Field Representatives. Regardless of the area or the verbal abuse we were subjected to by the public, the only interest that supervisors have are the numbers. Even when threatened by respondents the comments are - well when are you planning on going back. The pay is poor and and the risk is high. Supervisors are either poorly trained or just a person to fill a positon that has no business in being in that position

      1.0
      Oct 11, 2014

      This is your brain on drugs.

      Telephone research associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Hmm, well.. they did pay something. There is a 20 word minimum to complete this section but that is all I can think of for Pros.

      Cons

      The fact that constantly calling unanswered phones for hours on end to maybe reach a few cooperative survey participants is mind numbingly monotonous isn't enough. The constant monitoring and looking over your shoulder by various untamed levels of "supervisors" will drive a sane person up the wall. The $8/hr pay is just enough to buy some cardboard boxes to sleep in. Thoughts of "How did I screw up my life to fall to this level?" will chorus through your mind.

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