Interel Group Reviews

3.0

48% would recommend to a friend

(19 total reviews)

40% positive business outlook

Interel Group has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 19 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Interel Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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19 reviews
1.0
9 May 2019
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Pros

The only pro that I can list here in good faith and in all honestly is that I met some amazing people that have become friends over the 8 years I spent there. The work and management was good prior to the acquisition of the Association Management Group by Interel, once these guys took the helm is when it became clear that they have no business acumen to speak of.

Cons

The challenge here is where to begin. The cons outweigh the pros by far. My advice to anyone reading this is to look at the other reviews. It is interesting how it is clearly someone on the management team at interel that comes in and tries to counter the negative reviews by posting something positive. This happens a few days after a negative review is posted. It used to be a place that people could come to work at with great prospects of enhancing their careers and grow professionally. That all disappeared once Interel took over. Key VP’s were fired without much of an explanation. Changes being made at the executive level we’re not communicated. In one instance I found out about a key decision from a vendor we used. How embarrassing do you think that was for me? Salaries are below industry average. I won’t go on but wanted to add my experience and confirm that the reviews you’ve read on here are true and spot on. Well I’m not sure as to the office dalliances that one review mentioned but wouldn’t be surprised if that was true.

1.0
26 Mar 2019

Drop everything and run.. No really.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

(((Some))) of the people at the bottom ACTUALLY doing the work while also doing the work of management without being credited/recognized are some of the nicest people you will meet. It's a shame they don't have a work-life balance to look for another job.

Cons

99.9% of the upper management. These individuals who are sadly in charge of decision making are so far removed from reality and engulfed in their own self hubris that associations under their management are suffering. For context, they're a European company that purchased an Association Management company. Shortly after, they started bleeding clients. Their solution was to ignore the problem, fire the people who raised concerns and replace them with their "Friends" to put it mildly. They've become an echo chamber of yes-men. Lack diversity, no advancement opportunities and no future for the US location.

1.0
16 Mar 2019
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Pros

This company won't be around much longer. They are losing employees and clients faster than they could ever replace them. They have a nice location now down by the White House.

Cons

In the past year this company has lost the Director of Finance, Director of Meetings, Director of HR, many talented and bright employees, and many key clients. The European ownership of this company can barely hide their dislike of American Professional culture and don't hide their dislike of how dominant women are in the Interel US office. Interel's leadership has one woman, who is more capable than all the men combined. It's ironic that the company markets itself as a Public Affairs firm because the "affairs" that go on at this company aren't so public. The Managing Partners in the US office are both known for their inappropriate behavior and for rewarding bad/good behavior, depending on your viewpoint. Both MP's have a history of dalliances with women in the office.

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