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
1.0
Apr 28, 2015

operations staff

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

none. pay is crap, no advancement opportunities whatsoever.

Cons

terrible pay, zero benefits for hourly employees, health care expensive as hell, no room for advancement, hourly people are looked down on by everyone in the company. Oh, and they try to hire people with degrees and then want to pay them 13.00 per hour.

3.0
Feb 2, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible Great pay Get to talk to people Dont have to be couped up in an office Dont have to sale anything

Cons

Very weird tactics to try to get people to participate in a study Keep having to recontact hostile ppl who have no interest in the study Supervisors can be very micromanaging and request that you visit homes in the dark by yourself! Projects dont last as nearly long as promised Intermittent work Disconnect between management and reality

2.0
Oct 7, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Can be supportive, offer numerous additional perks and be strongly interested in the employee IF the employee works in Rockville. Mandatory training is provided via LMS and is based on position description. Work is dependent on contract awards, of which employment after the contract ends is based on who you know. It is not uncommon for employees to be employed at Westat for 15-20 years, and be the sole employer for an employee.

Cons

Very cliquey group of people and not always real friendly. Limited career growth as many people are 'lifers' meaning once employed they stay for their entire career if the employee resides in Rockville. Career growth is dependent on who you know, the project you work with and the personal supervisor.

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