Edelman Reviews

Pros

The senior level staff at Edelman works closely with their teams to ensure people are challenging themselves and reaching career goals, while at the same time pleasing the clients and meeting the goals of the company. Overall, Edelman is a place where you will certainly meet some of the smartest, most driven employees and have access to some of the most outstanding resources and tools in the industry.

Cons

At times, it can be difficult to balance work with a personal life. Going far in this industry often means sacrificing many late nights and weekends. That being said, the payoff is extremely rewarding and acknowledged by senior-level staff.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue to put employee satisfaction and morale as a priority. It shows! Overall this is a fantastic firm, and I wouldn't rather be anywhere else.

Pros

Excellence, Independent, progressive, Entrepeneurial, Global, the leader in its field, pushes the envelope with innovation and new thinking in redefining PR and marketing overall.

Cons

level of Intensity, demanding, some politics.

Pros

Very smart and driven coworkers, high-profile clients, opportunity for growth, outstanding senior managament, good continuing ed opportunities, efficient and nice offices, good benefits.

Cons

I wish there were more communication about the capabilities and resources of Edelman's various groups and cities.

Advice to Senior Management

More presentations (lunchtime seems to work well) where the various groups can show off their top projects and capabilites to the other groups with whom they don't often work.

Pros

Challenging, interesting, opportunities for growth, top-notch staff, big agency with a small agency feel, family-owned

Cons

Long hours, can be stressful

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work

Pros

Creative environment with fun perks and a lot of room to grow

Cons

Advancement can take longer than it should.

Pros

All the diversity of experience & support of a large global company with the metabolism and hunger of a startup.

Cons

Work life balance can be challenging in an environment where you are surrounded by highly driven colleagues and large clients.

Pros

The agency values innovation and is constantly introducing new tools for clients and employees to help ensure service delivered meets evolving communications needs.

Senior professionals at Edelman are among the best in the industry.

Cons

Edelman seems overly structured in the way it advances employees with a calendar approach to promotions and raises. A more fluid system of recognition might alleviate recurrant morale issues at review periods.

Pros

Great Benefits
High Expertise
Great Leadership
High-profile clients
Salary is very competitive

Cons

Impersonal attention
Losing some business to "boutique" agencies

Advice to Senior Management

Communicate more often, and more directly, with employees

Pros

The company promotes self discovery and following your individual interests and talents. Collaboration is key to succeeding at Edelman.

Cons

Some leaders are very conflict averse and rely on a silly "red light" HR system to fix bad behavior rather than addressing it head-on. This can make things tricky to navigate and manage for mid-level supervisors.

Advice to Senior Management

Address bad behavior head-on, just like you do good behavior.

Pros

There a great vibe of collaboration that I find refreshing. Bringing in views from various teams/departments is a nice way to recognize other's input and to share knowledge.

Cons

The office space can be difficult to work in - while its nice to have many colleagues in one area, it can be hard to work with many phone calls and conversations going on around you. Ear plugs help, but can only do so much