Good place to start a career - Account Executive Edelman Employee Review

2.0
21 July 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of opportunity to learn foundational PR skills, but very much a huge organization with little chance to really shine or stick out without killing yourself. Everyone there is truly best friends with each other and you get to work on cool clients and projects.

Cons

Work/life balance is nonexistent and you track your time, so there's a lot of pressure to spend 40+ hours per week actively working on some project. Edelman is desperate to keep client business and won't push back on egregious asks or overservice. Pay is awful.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
18 June 2026
Recommend
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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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