Treat Consultants with Respect and as Valuable Resources - Creative Services ETS Employee Review

2.0
1 Jul 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

My type of work, co-workers, the campus setting.

Cons

Not respecting consultants as valuable resources even though they work just as hard, and sometimes even harder, than permanent employees. Worked on and off for almost 9 years as a consultant, most recently 3+ years in Creative Services. Came home one night and received a call from the agency that my assignment was terminated due to "changing business needs". No job security. You can work for years as a consultant but will never be offered a permanent position.

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5.0
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CEO approval
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Pros

ETS have a group of outstanding researchers

Cons

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1.0
22 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Support of immediate management and coworkers makes coming to work every day a pleasure.

Cons

Where to start... First, the employee performance evaluation process and methodology has changed from 1) performance vs your job description to 2) OKRs which were completely unattainable and meaningless at every level to 3) rocks and outcomes which again have very little to do with the day to day jobs of most employees. It seems the burden for goals and objectives and performance management has shifted from management to employees as they try to define a methodology that holds only doers responsible for the company's success. All this since Amit Sevak took over. Management manipulated the questions in a recent employee survey to force responses that made it look like there was improvement year over year. Of course, when you add a new President between the employees and the CEO peoples opinion of senior management is improved. Of course when you shift the focus to immediate management from senior management, the responses will be improved. Try issuing the exact same survey as the prior year and see how much "real" improvement there was in the numbers.

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