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      Gensler

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      Gensler reviews

      3.6

      66% would recommend to a friend

      (2,476 total reviews)
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      Elizabeth Brink, Jordan Goldstein, Andy Cohen, and Diane Hoskins

      80% approve of CEO

      56% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Work/Life balance

      3.1

      Senior management

      Gensler has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,476 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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      2K reviews
      2.0
      Jan 23, 2009

      Cult members welcomed

      Project mangement/architect
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Great opportunity for the young. Good opportunities to travel.

      Cons

      Easy to become pigeoned-holed. management tend to see only what it wants to see. Best to be a total yes man it order to succeed. Remember at Gensler you are just one cog in the big machine.

      4.0
      Jan 10, 2009

      Former Gensler employee, with high regard for Gensler

      Job captain
      Recommend
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      Pros

      one reason people get left behind in their professional careers is there loss of continued education. Gensler offers many oppurtunities for continued education. The work enviroment is great. technology is always cutting age, new programs a continuily implemented, and atomosphere is very colaberative, you almost feel like a great big family.

      Cons

      At the end of the day business is business...loyalty to the company can seem to go one way. employees can sometimes be overlooked due to high rate of hiring and number of employees.

      4.0
      Nov 13, 2008

      Great projects to work on, and if you're lucky, great managers and people to work with

      Architectural job captain
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Great project type variety depending on what practice area one works in. Fantastic place to meet and work alongside people at all levels who are bright, ambitious, intelligent and high caliber. Company gives financial support of exam cost or sof tudy time if one is pursuing accreditation or licensing. Encouragement volunteerism and other community-based extra-curricular activities. And did I say that there are great people working here?

      Cons

      Stuck-in-single-role happens a lot for those in CD production work. Lately, I've witnessed senior office personnel condoning and joining in on publicly deriding employees who are on their way out (resignation, firing). There is no clear mediation system in place when employee needs conflict resolution. Micromanagers and angry-managers (not pervasive but pity those who draws the short straw) subtly abuse lower-tier employees and thus appear to be rewarded for it based on $budget and $revenue. Gensler is a world class architecture firm, and should never ever resemble a sweatshop. However in SF there are studios that believe in: Client needs first, star players and squeaky wheel needs second, nose to the grind people needs third. If I was a client or a star player I would not be having a problem.

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