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      Consumer Practice, Edelman Chicago - Anonymous employee Edelman Employee Review

      1.0
      20 Sept 2017
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The large office allows for many networking opportunities

      Cons

      They overwork entry-level positions. I didn't know any better when I was first starting off in my career, so I stuck through it for three years, but it was three of the worst years of my life. I worked 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. every day, and they ignored my requests for help with my workload. And, many managers in the consumer department are poorly trained, leading to many unhappy employees. One of my managers yelled at me, unprofessionally, fairly often. When I talked to HR about the problem, they said they'd find a solution, but it never got better.

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      Edelman Response
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      I'm happy to hear you found the networking opportunities at Edelman fruitful. There are so many amazing minds here and it's great that you took advantage of that. I'm sorry to hear about your workload and management concerns, however. You'll be pleased to hear that we're in the process of developing a new and improved management training and have newly instituted reporting efforts to better track overtime and we sincerely hope this will positively impact our employees' work lives. If you have any other feedback to share, I'd love to hear from you. Maria O'Keeffe, Executive Director, US HR

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