Profit focus is tearing apart a once great company - Anonymous employee GEI Consultants Employee Review

2.0
Mar 29, 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

People are great leading to project success in spite of top management cost cutting and policies burning out the best talent

Cons

Lack of strategic vision across all disciplines,lack of investment in recruiting, and overall cost cutting and profit above all else mentality is tearing apart the fabric of a once great organization

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GEI Consultants Response
3y
We’re disappointed to hear that you feel we are overly focused on profit through micro-management. We do perform slightly above the median of our industry peer group from a profit perspective. Our focus, as a company, is first and foremost on our clients and employees. We believe that by focusing on adding value and providing great service for our clients and providing a great workplace full of career growth opportunities for our employees, the profits follow. We do keep an eye on overhead expenses to ensure we can provide above industry total rewards to our employees and can remain competitive to win exciting new projects. We reinvest our profit back to our employees in a variety of ways including profit sharing, an above market performance bonuses and Total Rewards package, training and career development opportunities, such as our Leadership Development Program (LDP) and tuition reimbursement programs, to name a few. The leadership of our company has always had multiple tiers while avoiding bureaucracy. Our executive leaders wear two to three hats each to avoid being too “top heavy,” and we have very few layers of leadership between the entry and the executive level. We are in the process of launching our new Internal Advisory Board, which will contain a balanced mixed of leaders of all levels, to augment the leadership our employees already provide through our various committees, such as Sustainability, Risk, QA/QC, DE+I and more. I encourage you to speak with your regional operations manager or any member of our executive team to further discuss your feedback and learn about opportunities to engage in the leadership of our company.

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If you’re a young professional, say good bye to seeing the inside of an office. You’re 100% in the field with no room to learn other parts of the job and grow your own client network and report writing. The dynamic between the leadership group (Amber Ahles and Brooke Bennett) and younger professional (especially females) was terrible. This was a mean girls club where you are judged by what you wear, what time you walk in and out of the door, and if you had an opinion. They never would take accountability for failing the younger professionals and then just blame you for not growing and improving at the pace they wanted you to. At the end of the day, management and leaders are responsible for the growth and success of the team. Additionally, if you want to be bullied by mid level professionals, who think they are superior to you and gang up with management, this is the place. Johnnie Noles will take care of that for you. In all, the only good thing this job brought me, was the “experience” to take myself anywhere but there. The way you treat people matters. And these three people single handily ruined the experience for me and others I have spoken with. Do better.

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GEI Consultants Response
6mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your candid feedback regarding your experience at GEI Consultants. We sincerely appreciate your honesty and recognize the importance of learning from both positive and negative experiences shared by our team members, past and present. We are glad to hear that you formed meaningful friendships with some colleagues during your time at GEI Consultants. We strive to foster an environment where collaboration and respect are central to our culture, and we are pleased that this aspect of your experience was positive. We are truly sorry to learn that you felt limited in your ability to grow professionally, especially in terms of client networking and report writing. Supporting young professionals in their development is a priority for us, and your feedback highlights areas where we need to improve our approach to mentorship and the allocation of responsibilities. The concerns you raised regarding the office dynamic, particularly around interactions between leadership and younger professionals, are deeply troubling. We take allegations of exclusionary behavior, lack of accountability, and bullying very seriously. Our goal is to create a welcoming and respectful workplace for everyone, regardless of background or experience. Your feedback will be shared with our People Team and senior leadership to initiate a thorough review of our current practices and to identify steps toward improvement. Thank you again for your thoughtful and detailed feedback. We regret that your experience at GEI Consultants did not reflect the values we strive to uphold, and we are committed to making meaningful changes based on your insights.
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