Westat reviews

Lost its family-like feeling No idea of how to progress in the company Ideas in making a process better is discouraged People are very close vested with their information because they think it's their livelihood

Management staff lack any management training (they become managers by working there a certain length of time rather than by demonstrating an ability to manage), many managers are highly-stressed and verbally abusive, dishonesty is rampant from mid-level managers on up to vice presidents, communication from management that is necessary for subordinates to perform assigned tasks is poor at best (sometimes totally lacking), subordinates are treated very poorly and sometimes unethically, there is unhealthy competition between study areas and between groups within study areas (as opposed to collaboration), pervasive atmosphere of "watch your back."