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W. L. Gore & Associates

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W. L. Gore & Associates reviews

3.0

45% would recommend to a friend

(1,595 total reviews)
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Bret Snyder

30% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

W. L. Gore & Associates has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,595 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The W. L. Gore & Associates employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
May 31, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The landscaping is nice and the majority of office jobs have a view to natural light.

Cons

The company has shifted the culture away from what historically brought success, and gone to a culture much more like everyone else. The pay is no longer competitive, as most associates are well under the median for their job type. There are re-organizations every few months. There is active effort to reduce headcount continually over the next few years at a minimum. There are lawsuits against the company for polluting the environment with forever chemicals, and lawsuits for wrongful terminations.

1.0
May 27, 2026

Toxic culture and micromanagement are the norm

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Vacation and sick time, holidays

Cons

Don't believe anything about the culture it's long gone and dead. Leader is just another name for Boss your leader is your boss an they decide on your development and compensation. Micromanagement is the norm and you need to jump through hoops to fill out a performance plan and it must have measurable matrix for your compensation and you can be a high performer an go above an beyond an you get the same 3.15% as someone that does bare minimum and they tout the profit share and stock but it does not cover cost of living an you can't touch the stock for years. They pay drastically less than current market assessment. Constantly doing reorgs and cutting jobs you are in constant stress of is your position the next to be cut. New term is 80/20 which they are using to justify cuts since only 20% of the products make 80% of the business so they cut anything that doesn't make up 80% or top 20% of business and touting 3x which is 3x revenue growth and 3x the profit. At the expense of the associates. You have leaders that do not know the business leading some very knowledgeable associates that are under paid and they carry the team while the leader gets all the credit along with a hefty salary. Not to mention the class action and the state of Maryland lawsuits. The cover up of asec complaints, and unethical an immoral conduct amoung leaders an associates. Think long an hard about joining and read up on all the negative reviews they speak volumes.

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