Toxic Culture. Terrible Management. - Anonymous employee Edelman Employee Review

1.0
15 Aug 2020
Anonymous employee
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Cons

Toxic work environment. Poor management. The absolute worst culture I have EVER experienced. After losing a major food/cereal account, team members destroyed and vandalized that company's property, yelled and wrote profanity, and acted like it was a college party gone wrong. Seriously, don't take a job here. I can't believe I even stayed as long as I did. It is tempting when it is "Edelman" but your mental health, wallet, and ethics will suffer by taking a job here.

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Edelman Response
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This review upsets me. I want to be clear that we in no way condone the behavior that you mention, regardless of whether emotions are high due to loss of client business. It's not ok and is inconsistent with our values. If you were not in touch with local HR already please reach out to me directly at Maria.OKeeffe@edelman.com to share information about the problematic experiences you had. Maria O'Keeffe, US Chief Talent Officer

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