Pros
It has a known brand. Flexible hours (you can choose any 60+ hours of the week to work). It hires great people below the manger level.
Cons
There are people in DC (HQ) on the Glassdoor reviews, and there are people from Omaha (field office). What you read below is not an exception if you work in the DC office. I have never been to Omaha, so I don't know. About half of the data science team resigned in about a few months, because of cultural issues. And no one in the chain of command above you does care despite multiple complaints. They are well aware of the problems. The top ranks of the team accept no criticism. You only survive if you say yes to everything; they do not want to hear if they are doing something wrong. People have been taken off projects when they found out and pointed out something is wrong scientifically. I have been told that we should not show something to the client because it shows a Gallup product has a reverse outcome. There's no integrity in the work; however, the CEO claims that they have the highest data integrity in the US. Your manager (called "go-to") is your HR. I can't emphasize how unethical this is, alone. There's nepotism, which leads to having incompetent people at the very top. And of course, incompetence trickles down the chain. Despite being an employee-owned company, it is ruled by the Clifton family. Company finances are hard to find (if possible at all), and the quarterly claims are exaggerated at the very best. And you only get promotions if you're friends with your boss, not if you're competent. Pay and benefits are well below average in DC's data science/engineering market. They also contributed from my salary to my 401k, without my permission (I explicitly asked for no contribution). All that matters is the hours you log in the data science team. If you log 70 hours with a mediocre result, you will get many rewards. If you log 45 hours with an excellent result well above what the client asked for, you will get punished for it (they will get paid by the hours you work on a client project). I have barely done any "data science" work but software development. And by far, they have the worst project management and code I have ever seen. The team spends more time fixing the bugs than developing, like 80/20. But they want it to fail because they don't want anyone to "waste" their time to fix anything. Or maybe because they have no clients and will have no work (i.e., charged client hours) if the code works correctly. It is a well-known fact that Gallup rarely fires anybody (many lay-offs aside) but makes their life so miserable, so they quit themselves. Also, you will only get an exit interview if they know you say positive things about the company. Your contract says everything is under Nebraska jurisdiction, which does not have the most employee-friendly laws. Although, they can't ignore all local laws, but they certainly push it. Gallup offers only 1 week of paternity leave because "it is not fair to people who do not have children" (This is a real quote by a manager). Other companies this size in DC offer 6-8 weeks. DC will have a mandatory 6 weeks from July 2020. You have unlimited vacation days on paper (there is a recommended 10 days), but in reality, that means you get less if you want to stay ahead (or don't get pushed back). It also was expected from the data science team to work on all federal holidays; however, their official position is not that. In the end, if you're thinking of accepting an offer, remember they have told all of us (both new hires or transfers inside the company) about all the exciting things we will be doing in the data science team all the opportunities you will have. It will not be more than a couple of months until you find out they have been pure lies.
