I sacrificed my physical and mental health - for what? - Anonymous employee Edelman Employee Review

2.0
25 Sept 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some of the most high-profile work I've done in my career, working on critical challenges in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, IT, and financial services industries.

Cons

I was hired during the pandemic and appreciate how challenging it is to onboard and learn about the Edelman ways of working quickly in a remote environment. Knowing this, I invested my time and talents, stretching for even more opportunities in my time at Edelman and consistently working both East and West Coast and time zones and with EMEA all while contributing to the bottom line of the firm. I firmly believe the HR practices of KPIs and path to progression here is a smoke screen. For a Communications agency, there is a complete lack of transparency about leadership changes and company performance and how this impacts employees. How can this build loyalty and trust among staff? And this is a company that prides itself on being experts on trust!

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