Gensler reviews

3.6

65% would recommend to a friend

(2,482 total reviews)
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Elizabeth Brink, Jordan Goldstein, Andy Cohen, and Diane Hoskins

80% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Gensler has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,482 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Gensler employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.6 stars).

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5.0
Dec 8, 2016

Gensler Worldwide

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Pros

the organization is open book with no secretes. I think this comes out of the fact that the firm is 100% employee owned. and lets to an excellent work ethic top to bottom. there is no cumbersome corporate structure, which is unheard of for a firm of 5000+ and 46 offices world wide. we mange to work like many boutique firms under one roof.

Cons

the younger less experienced staff sometimes have not been fully integrated into the culture.

1.0
Dec 8, 2016

Avoid FIRMWIDE!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great and cool offices throughout the world. Vibes are good, the designers/fellow architects are creative, projects are interesting. They host a lot of social events with tons of alcohol, weekly beer cart. Brown bag vendor lunch & learns. Great access to contacts and vendors. Highly structured corporate environ.

Cons

Do NOT work for Firmwide. Bureaucratic, abusive, dictatorships from leaders who have been around too long, pushing employees out, don't care about your future. Firmwide managers in the Oakland/SF/DC office are despicable, fake. Thoughtful design is not appreciated, tons of favoritism (esp to those who have either been there too long and nepotism), labeling is rampant, and if a leader doesn't like you, better leave because you are screwed. Low salaries so be prepared to negotiate. Benefits are not competitive. No 401(k) employer match. Offers ESOP. Vesting after 5 years. No wellness benefits. PTO is horrible (vacation and sick time is only 14 days per year) plus 10 holidays. Leave benefits are bare minimum. Annual bonus program is 2 weeks pay in Dec then % based on company performance in June. Salary increases rarely happen. Annual Associate promotions are biased.

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Gensler Response
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Thank you for taking the time to provide us with feedback on your experience. At Gensler, we pride ourselves on maintaining open relationships with all of our team members. We endeavor to hire the design industry’s top talent and empower them to pursue their passions. In this spirit, we welcome all feedback so that we can better understand how our approach can and should be tweaked to realize this vision. We appreciate your willingness to mention our offices throughout the world—many of which were designed by Gensler team members—as well as the overall creative vibe that results from passionate designers working on projects that inspire them. At this point, we’d like to encourage you to reach out to either your regional or office HR manager so that you can have a confidential discussion about some of the issues you raised. We sincerely want you and your colleagues to have rewarding professional experiences moving forward, and we’d very much like to work with you to ensure this happens. With regards to comments made about working in our Firmwide division, we’d like to address several points. First, we ask all of our people, and especially our managers, to treat their colleagues with the sort of respect and dignity a harmonious professional environment demands. We require our managers to maintain collaborative working relationships with the practitioners they oversee and to solicit input from team members under their supervision. The respect we have for our people is evidenced in the fact that Gensler is a 100 percent employee owned company. Gensler provides ESOP and profit sharing benefits as part of a total compensation approach that is competitive with industry standards. We promote based on performance and merit, offer wellness benefits such as flu shots, biometric screenings, and other programs tailored to the needs of various offices. We review compensation once a year. We also ask our team members to regularly provide us with honest feedback on their experiences, and we always welcome constructive criticism. Thank you again for the feedback, and please reach out to an HR manager as soon as it’s convenient.
5.0
Dec 7, 2016

Great Company, miss working there

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Excellent bonus and profit sharing program. Employee owned company.

Cons

There was no place for growth in my role as I was located on the East Coast and the majority of the corporate operations were located on the West Coast. For individuals in the design industry there are growth opportunities at every location.

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