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Edelman Financial Engines

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Not a great choice, and your experience is entirely location dependent - Anonymous employee Edelman Financial Engines Employee Review

2.0
Dec 1, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

All office locations are well built out with decent perks. Mission of the company is admirable and I think that management really wants to see it through. Working in KC or SF can be a great experience, the leaders on site are well informed and care about their employees. KC/SF seem to have flexible work life balance...

Cons

Working in the Phoenix office is rough. There is no top leadership, or even close to the top leadership in the office. No flexible work life balance at all. When I was there, no emphasis was placed on personal development. I found many leaders unable to effectively communicate expectations which is a huge problem for everyone. More disturbing though, is the company seems unable to define what it wants to be... Is it a tech company or a finance company? Even fintech wouldn't properly describe them, as they aren't fully committed to the 'tech' part in a meaningful way anymore. Lastly, I am also concerned about the company's future. They are at a crossroads where their core competency isn't enough to maintain customers... Great decisions were made during the founding and that has worked out really well. Though, with competition mounting, and new entrants from all sides, I doubt they can evolve fast enough beyond their core competency to maintain customers.

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Cons

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Pros

- Great team from department head down - Collaboration is encouraged - Self-starter culture with good room for side projects - "See something, say something" approach allows questioning methodology without a feeling of personal attacks or "dumb questions" and enables team members to support each other in a safe environment - Work from home

Cons

- Executive leadership does not know what they want - Consistent turnover in C-Suite leads to departments acting like small internal companies rather than part of a larger system - Limited permission access for team members means that any absence or time-off can lead to a backlog of deployments

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