Westat Reviews

Pros

Manage your time accordingly to your personal schedule

Cons

Some study participants may make you feel sad sometimes.

Pros

Great leadership invested in interpersonal relationships and employee growth.

Cons

Fluctuation in assignments due to contract work.

Pros

Opportunity to consistently learn new skills and exposure to new projects.

Cons

Low pay. Don’t have the necessary resources or training to perform job efficiently.

Pros

Flexible schedule, the work is easy when you can find someone to participate in the study. My supervisor is supportive, and they seemed pressured to get data collectors to make unethical practice decisions by their bosses.

Cons

Low pay and wants you to work more hours than they hire you for (part-time). Not doing that as it was the only reason I applied for the job. I received a mail letter asking me to work longer. Pressure to harass people that don't want to participate in the study and pressure to go into unsafe areas. This company wants you to be a private investigator to find selected participants and not only harass them but harass unsuspected neighbors. There is no regard for the study participants' concerns regarding their health, considering many do not want to partake due to covid (older population, so I understand). It's even suggested you camp out in front of participants' homes and watch their homes. They have very unethical tactics in getting people to do the study, one being telling SP that I am threatened to lose my job if they don't participate. I must lie to people about how long the study takes, and many refuse to finish because of that. This is a sales position, and they only care about numbers. No health and no protection for data collectors. They will threaten not to give you SPs to make you quit because you won't bend to their threats of unethical practices. Lots of driving to stalk people. I was threatened to have the cops call on me for trespassing on the selected participant's property after t they mentioned that they did not want to participate in a previous visit with someone else.

Pros

affiliation with NIH research projects

Cons

The most disorganized and toxic management I've experienced in my 15+ years of working. The managers don't know how to measure my performance so they constantly hounded me about what I was doing, a breakdown of tasks and forcing me to choose options they wanted instead if giving me autonomy. The workload is manageable but it is not a good learning environment. They want you to be the robotic worker that the old haggards working there have become. They constantly questioned my reasoning even though they liked to go in circles about one thing with their <60 IQ level.

Pros

Working independently, meeting people from diverse backgrounds,

Cons

There are times when there is little or no work available,

Pros

Fair pay for work requirements, kind management, flexibility, fun work environments.

Cons

Not really any benefits, a lot of oversight that feels a bit micromanaged but it is probably needed with field staff.

Pros

flexible and supportive of family and self-care

Cons

glacial in adoption of leading-edge technology and technological initiatives

Pros

Great people, decent benefits, lots of flexibility

Cons

Growth is hard to come by and salaries are low. Lots of gaps at mid career level.

Pros

Flexible work hours. Work independently.

Cons

Nothing to think of at the moment.