Senior Account Executive - SAE Edelman Employee Review

2.0
24 Apr 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some of the clients you work with are big names, the benefits are OK, and you have the stability of a large firm.

Cons

Avoid Edelman. No innovative spirit whatsoever, a lot of meetings about nothing, loads of unnecessary bureaucracy, way too much hesitation to challenge clients on bad ideas, bad office culture that values time sitting at your desk over actual output.

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Thanks for your constructive feedback. It's helpful to hear from employees' first-hand, so we can learn from their experiences and make improvements. If you have more details you'd like to share, please reach out to me at maria.o'keeffe@edelman.com. Maria O'Keeffe, Executive Director, U.S. HR

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