Stodgy Culture Stifles Innovation and Creativity - Area Vice President Gallagher Employee Review

2.0
Jul 12, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Interacted with lots of great people, and there was still flexibility to be found, in spite of their best efforts to crush it.

Cons

Bureaucratic top-down attempted copycat of larger rivals Aon and Mercer, Gallagher is attempting to emulate the worst habits of its competitors without realizing doing so will kill what makes it worthwhile to work with them. They won't invest in people, create silly rules, and trip over dollars to pick up pennies. Examples: -They wouldn't reimburse flowers sent for the funeral of a client manager -The CFO had to approve (and denied) reimbursing $25 of Halloween candy for a client's nonprofit Halloween children's parade -They'll spend $1,000 worth of executive salaries weighing the pros and cons of a $50 office expenditure Bureaucrats run the show, and the good people who work here spend 30% of their time working around the nonsense the leadership forces them to comply with in order to serve the client.

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Pros

Nice people to work with

Cons

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2.0
Jul 6, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Salary was in market range.

Cons

Manager took zero interest in me. I spoke to her 2 times in the 6 months I was there. It’s just an endless grind to various SEC and investor required reporting. By the time you finish you need to start over. Almost all process are broken. This $13B company runs on excel. It’s a real risk that this company collapses on itself. They purchase companies and destroy everything good about their cultures. I was so happy and content until they purchased us. The executives paint a fake picture of their culture to the street.

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