Great place to work, not for pay - Account Executive Edelman Employee Review

3.0
18 Feb 2010
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Pros

As a young professional you will learn an immense amount of tools for successful media relations, writing and how to adapt to each client's needs. Your growth is dependent on your hard work and managers are more like coaches that want to see and help you succeed.

Cons

Edelman does not reward the hard work of it's employees with appropriate compensation. The long hours it takes from employees to make Edelman a top agency doesn't seem to factor too much into the equation for management. Many employees often feel overworked, overwhelmed and underpaid.

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5.0
8 June 2026
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Pros

Great clients. Great people to work with.

Cons

Office politics. Silly things that were sold to the client that just did not make sense.

2.0
18 June 2026
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Pros

I worked with some of the brightest and best people in the business. Most of them are no longer with the company. Some good clients, and nice office space.

Cons

Very limited opportunities for growth. During my time they reduced promotions to only once a year, and made many excuses for promoting as few people as possible (despite becoming the first "$1B" agency at that time). Morale was extremely low. People were forced to come into an office with nobody they actually worked with. Common to be passed from manager to manager. At one point I had 6+ managers within a 10-month span.

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