Gallagher reviews

3.4

59% would recommend to a friend

(4,944 total reviews)
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J. Patrick Gallagher Jr.

76% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Gallagher has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,944 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Gallagher employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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2.0
Jul 12, 2021
Recommend
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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.

3.0
Feb 27, 2021

Favoritism and nepotism

Recommend
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Pros

Super friendly peers, deep into mentoring, strong team dynamic..

Cons

Super outdated employee benefits program, non sales employees are punished with no raises and/or replacements in their department (therefore overworked) when the sales people on their teams are unproductive. Many people I knew didn't get raises for over 5 years unless the got a promotion. Sales employees are favored over everyone else. Continuing education and tuition reimbursement is listed as employee benefits but actually getting to use them is rare. Technology is also very outdated and formal training and onboarding is lacking.

1.0
Apr 8, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Can work remotely or office

Cons

Excessive work with unreasonable expectations ; high demands ; merit increase are 0 to 1%

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