Unqualified leadership and bullying culture make Edelman a challenging place to work and make progress - EVP Edelman Employee Review

2.0
5 Oct 2010
Recommend
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Pros

junior people are very enthused and initially passionate, clients are varied, multinational name brands, client opportunities are varied and interesting

Cons

boys club, glass ceiling, management's fear of change, internal competition between groups is seen as entrepreneurial but its simply competition; clients and employees suffer for it. very senior leaders are allowed to yell and threaten employees

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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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