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
Jan 8, 2011

Disappointing

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible work schedule. Ability to work from home.

Cons

Lower than average industry pay. Supervisory staff not very competent. Lack of diversity, company practices tokenism.

1.0
Jan 4, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Private office Variety of work Nice campus Tuition reimbursement Professional membership reimbursement Travel paid for conferences if presenting findings Employee owned

Cons

No channels for input into company governance Favortism is rampant is some divisions Staff morale is quite low (unless worker is favored by supervisor) Expressing concerns about quality of work products is generally unwelcome

2.0
Dec 7, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

you can grow if you put in the work

Cons

but there is no motivation because there are no promotions only more responsibility, that way they do not have to pay you increase your pay until review. They rather stretch people thin than hire

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