Top Leadership and Culture Fail in Dallas Office - Anonymous employee Edelman Employee Review

1.0
Feb 23, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Beautuful Office downtown Dallas - Many smart nice employees - Exposure to some big brands - Benefits are good

Cons

- Leadership by intimidation and cut downs - Open insults of employees of all levels in front of coworkers - Blatant favoritism drove insecurities across staff and decisions were not explained

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Edelman Response
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If you're open to it, I'd appreciate the opportunity to speak with you directly about your feedback. This is not the kind of office culture I like to see, nor is it something I've heard about from others in Dallas, so it would be helpful for me to better understand your experiences compared to the more positive feedback I've heard about internally. My email address is maria.okeeffe@edelman.com and I hope to hear from you soon. Maria O'Keeffe, Executive Director, US HR

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