Lots of growth for entry-level team members but poor pay - Manager EAB Employee Review

2.0
14 Dec 2021
Recommend
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Pros

-Great colleagues/teammates -Opportunity to run at projects that interest you -For entry-level employees, there is a lot of opportunity to grow and explore different roles and gain experience quickly -Generous PTO policy -Lots of work life balance and flexibility around work hours -10 hours of volunteer and healthy life hours per month

Cons

-Limited growth opportunities for non-entry level employees -Poor pay (nearly 50-60% less than other companies in the DMV area). This has been noted for years in internal employee survey results but never addressed other than "research". Benefit package is no longer unique or strong enough to make up for this. 401K match is low. -Senior leadership is very cliquey, resistant to new ways of thinking, and many have never worked anywhere else but EAB. Outside hires often leave very quickly as a result. -During COVID-19, it felt very much like an unspoken expectation that non-parenting employees are expected to take on additional workload for teams as goals/timelines were not adjusted to account for worldwide pandemic. -Senior leadership makes strategic decisions based on whims. Not data, established industry best practices, or big picture thinking. This results in a lot of wasted time and energy and frustration. -Promotion criteria is arbitrary/and mostly qualitative, varies widely depending on your manager, and not based on quantitative performance against goals. Despite a career committee structure, ultimately the most senior leader in your department makes the call on who gets promoted each cycle. If you haven't done a project working directly with them recently it can be hard to advance.

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5.0
17 June 2026
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Pros

Great management and company culture

Cons

Lower pay compared to the market

2.0
1 Apr 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Had a history of supporting employee needs (e.g. hybrid)

Cons

- has become obsessed with in-office culture and "being present" (i.e., super limited full remote roles now), would not be surprised if the exec team submits a RTO mandate soon - compensation is under what you should receive, regardless of tenure or level. The amount of work far outpaces your salary. -because of the point above, burnout and a culture of irritability is omnipresent. - do NOT take the senior promotion, it just results in more work (you do multiple smaller projects in addition to your current workload and now lead trainings) and a small pay increase that does not even match inflation. - expectation that less senior staff have to interpret everything, big lack of clarity between need-to-have feedback and preference-edit feedback - instead of annual raises that match inflation, you get to spend full days quarterly with the team talking about topics that have nothing to do with your day-to-day - Management has become very clique-y, good luck moving into management if you're not already a part of the clique (or fully remote) - Unpaid overtime is expected but you will get shamed for not doing everything during the workday. - We currently work with the military and with the police as recruitment strategists so ICE will probably be next

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