Put it out of its misery (Portland office, probably Seattle too) - Anonymous employee Edelman Employee Review

While I appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback and there are definitely nuggets of information here we can use to better ourselves, I would be remiss if I didn’t also say “yikes!” It may not come as a surprise and perhaps you can chalk my response up to Stockholm Syndrome too, but I have to respectfully disagree with some of what you’ve put forward. After all, our people are our product, so being smart, creative and resilient come with the territory. Be them old and stuffy or young and tragically hip (your words, not mine), I’ve never been prouder of the leaders making up the Pacific Northwest. At the same time, you’re absolutely right that there are areas we need to improve. I like to think everyone does and we’re no exception. In fact, we recently shared the results of our employee engagement survey and we’ve got teams working on action plans as we speak. At risk of adding more self-congratulation fuel to your fire, I’m really excited for the future and am proud of the passion our employees carry as they take us there. Maria O’Keeffe, Executive Director, US HR