While challenging, I consider it the best place to start your PR career - Senior Account Executive Edelman Employee Review

4.0
28 Sept 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Edelman has very wide client groups so you can get to provide various PR services for clients in different industries. Trainings are very well developed and internal communication network is well set up that you can easily communicate with people outside of your country. As a SAE, I got to work on numerous high-level projects that not many people in my age would be able to. I loved the people I worked with and I truely learned a lot from this place.

Cons

It is an agency after all. Pay isn't so great and you must cope with all kinds of clients - meaning that you might get last minute work request from clients at 17:55 on Friday night and you will be required to get back to them no matter what.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

I worked with some of the brightest and best people in the business. Most of them are no longer with the company. Some good clients, and nice office space.

Cons

Very limited opportunities for growth. During my time they reduced promotions to only once a year, and made many excuses for promoting as few people as possible (despite becoming the first "$1B" agency at that time). Morale was extremely low. People were forced to come into an office with nobody they actually worked with. Common to be passed from manager to manager. At one point I had 6+ managers within a 10-month span.

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