Totally tone-deaf senior and middle management (both in terms of what employees and clients want and also industry trends and standards). Way behind creatively and rely too heavily on the way things used to be in the industry which is tried and boring and ineffective in today's market...
Additionally, management is not transparent about Edelman's standing in the industry and what's going on within the company.
Impossible to move teams or change focus even if your interest lies elsewhere within the agency and you have a proven track record of succeeding in that line of work. Direct managers are totally helpless in assisting here if they're under a VP level. I've seen so many people go through Edelman and express genuine interest in wanting to stay with the company but for career goals or changing personal circumstances want to move offices or change teams. They are at first discouraged and then ultimately denied after a very long (year/s) of back and forth.
A lot of sector team leads are completely self-interested, disloyal and dishonest. They pretend to listen and then nothing happens or changes.
As is included in almost every single post: overworked and underpaid.
Junior and mid-level staff does all of the work and are not appreciated or rewarded with more growth opportunities or increased compensation so they leave. Insanely high turnover rate.
