4.0
24 Aug 2020
Current employee, more than 1 year
Arlington, VA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Excellent work-life balance, especially for young families. Benefits are good but not spectacular. Pay is okay--average for comparable jobs in the Washington, DC area (it's near-indexed to local cost-of-living conditions). Colleagues are smart and friendly--many of the more experienced hires are academic or non-profit refugees.
Cons
Leadership lacks vision. There are like 12 generic company values and I can't remember any of them. Aside from growing the stock price, it's hard to see why we are doing what we're doing. Which is too bad--there is huge potential in the Research and Advisory model, but there doesn't seem to be a strategic vision behind it.