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

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
2.0
Jun 15, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you don't have a criminal record and can speak English this job is relatively easy to get if you need to make some money. No intense interview process. An opportunity to work from home if your home setup qualifies and you are out of state.

Cons

This is review for the telephone research center where you actually work in the building (TRC). The job in and of itself is tedious and monotonous, you make dozens of phone calls, get dozens answering machines, hang ups, and ill tempered respondents. On top of this there is a on site manager, a shift team supervisor, another online supervisor and a "mentor" which is actually just another overseer waiting to ponce on any mistake you make. Since I worked at night my "mentor" had a bad habit of wanting to call me during the daytime, when I had to be at another job, for issues and updates that could have easily been handled by e-mail. With the weekly monitoring of phone calls, which I understand is necessary, the overall effect is like being in a cage with people watching you, ready to poke you with sticks at the slightest error. It is probably better if you can work from home.

2.0
Jun 2, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work at home, part time work available

Cons

They say that you have to work a minimum of 15 hours but these hours are not guaranteed. After training I would try to go into the scheduler to register for hours and they were mostly blocked out in all red. If they are blocked out you can not schedule. Your 15 hours are not guaranteed.

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