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Edelman Financial Engines

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Running Scared - Anonymous employee Edelman Financial Engines Employee Review

1.0
9 May 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

From the outside looking in everything looks great-nice office lay out in Sunnyvale and good location next to light rail-decent salary and perks- and appearance of intelligent people who work well together-

Cons

The WORST work environment ever-new ideas & new employees are harshly scrutinized and second guessed-makes you scared to open your mouth and makes you wish you never said anything or tried to improve anything. HR is no help at all. It is a very lonely and isolating work environment.They say they are desperate for new technology, better customer experience and employee programs but the executive committee and middle managers make it extremely difficult to get anything done...LOTS of forms to fill out and committees to impress if you want to present a new idea. Seems that the tedious "corporate strategy meetings" never end and nothing ever changes as a result. If you've got a good resume take your skills and good attitude and work somewhere else-

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

- Great team from department head down - Collaboration is encouraged - Self-starter culture with good room for side projects - "See something, say something" approach allows questioning methodology without a feeling of personal attacks or "dumb questions" and enables team members to support each other in a safe environment - Work from home

Cons

- Executive leadership does not know what they want - Consistent turnover in C-Suite leads to departments acting like small internal companies rather than part of a larger system - Limited permission access for team members means that any absence or time-off can lead to a backlog of deployments

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