Acumen reviews

3.0

27% would recommend to a friend

(396 total reviews)

Thomas MaCurdy

5% approve of CEO

20% positive business outlook

Acumen has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 396 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Acumen employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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396 reviews
4.0
Feb 25, 2014

Getting Better

Recommend
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Pros

A great place for new graduates looking to gain experience by doing a wide array of very interesting and rewarding work, all the while developing marketable and profitable skills and a sense of achievement. Acumen also shows an interest in employee feedback, and makes changes accordingly. Acumen also offers different career paths depending on employee skills and preferences.

Cons

Less than optimal location for commuters. Progress as an employee within the firm can feel a bit sluggish at times. You may wind up working on projects that do not take advantage of your skill set and limit your learning potential.

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Acumen Response
12y
We appreciate you taking the time to write this feedback. We take all feedback into consideration and make changes accordingly.
3.0
Feb 21, 2014

ok

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good nature of their work.

Cons

Low pay, way below industry average

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Acumen Response
12y
Thank you for this feedback.
1.0
Dec 30, 2013

Bad experience, no management for where I was

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It was a job when I needed one. There wasn't pressure to be productive when I didn't have anything to work on, which was pretty much always.

Cons

Nothing to do. I literally did more in 1 month of a proper job than I did in 8 months here. I never had any clear goals or any proper objective, or properly defined role in the workflow. It seemed as though I was hired with some obscure end goal in mind with the thinking that I would be able to execute this alone. This goal was never really communicated to me and I was never given tools to implement anything. So, I wound up not doing anything. Most productivity I did was due to crushing boredom. I wound up coming in late, and leaving early. No one cared, because it didn't make any difference. This may be due to the fact that I was in an odd position separated from the rest of the company, so I don't pretend that I can represent the whole, but if you're interviewing, and you have a choice of what job to take, aggressively ask them questions about their plans for you. Also, upon leaving, the HR screwed me by, oddly enough, not cancelling my health coverage, leading to a nightmare trying to get a certificate of creditable coverage to wipe the pre-existing condition clause from my subsequent coverage. I would think that a company dealing with healthcare information would be more responsible with the healthcare information of their own workforce. If their revenue stream comes from government contracts (I never knew enough to determine either way, but from what I observed that would be the tentative conclusion I would draw) then my employment there and the money given to me was a complete waste of taxpayer money. I was not a contributor to any work done because I did not have the opportunity to contribute.

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