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Edelman Financial Engines

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Where careers go to die - Anonymous employee Edelman Financial Engines Employee Review

1.0
30 May 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Free snacks in the lunchroom. That's about it. There are some good people working there now, but not good enough to make staying worthwhile.

Cons

Terrible leadership, no coherent vision or strategy for the future. Pursuing products and services the market doesn't even want. Throwing good money after bad at a breakneck pace. Old boys club culture that plays favorites. Don't trust anyone - morale is low, blood is in the water, and they will step all over you to save themselves. The recent acquisition may very well be the downfall of the entire company. Convinced it was a terrible strategic mistake of colossal proportions. Avoid this toxic environment.

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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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