Your Experience At Gensler Depends on Your Role - Anonymous employee Gensler Employee Review
2.0
29 Nov 2016
Anonymous employee
Former employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Great colleagues. Wonderful people. If you are a designer and you know the right people, it's a great place to be.
Cons
You are siloed into either being a designer or a technical person, so you will not gain well rounded experience. Unfortunately, technical people get less recognition. The administrative staff even less so.
Gensler Response
9y
Thank you for sharing this feedback on your experience at Gensler. We certainly agree that our people are the best part of our firm. Their spirit and expertise are what makes Gensler such a dynamic place to work year after year.
Our firm prides itself on an openness to feedback and constructive criticism, and we certainly plan to share your comments with management. And, we will do our best to ensure that ALL of our people, from our designers to our administrative teams to our technical staff, have well-defined career paths filled with interesting challenges and varied work. We believe strongly that providing our people with choice and empowering them to design fulfilling career paths is critical to our overall success.
Thanks again for taking the time to provide us with feedback.
Good work-life balance and flexible scheduling. Supportive team environment with opportunities to learn new technologies. Management is generally approachable and benefits are competitive.
Cons
Internal processes can be slow and bureaucratic at times. Career advancement opportunities are limited without clear timelines. Communication between departments could be improved significantly.
Gensler Response
8h
Thanks so much for the feedback. We love to hear from our people. You and your colleagues are the foundation of our success. We are delighted to see your 5-star rating!
Nice office, lots of “rah rah Gensler” events with food & booze, some nice people
Cons
Where do I start…..some studios are TOXIC. Favoritism permeates every aspect of working here. It’s nauseating. There is zero loyalty, zero recognition for hard work (yeah you get a bonus but sometimes a kind word is needed). Oh-and never ever express an opinion that may be in opposition to “leadership’s”. Your private life, beliefs, politics and other personal things are fair game for letting you go. I’ve seen it happen-fired because someone expresses in a private conversation that one has ethical concerns regarding projects that are in the office (but in another studio/office) will get you fired. They will make up some bs about “work performance”, yet no conversation ever with anyone about “needing improvement “. Out of left field. Bye bye. Management tells leadership that they’d already “warned” the person-completely untrue. Hear later it was likely due to having concerns about a client/project. Lesson learned-shut up, work 12 hrs a day and be happy with the scraps you’re thrown.
Also-egos galore! Unwillingness to take accountability for mistakes.
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Gensler Response
8h
Thanks for the feedback. We treat workplace concerns seriously and address them in accordance with our internal policies and procedures. We have multiple channels for reporting issues and we train and encourage our team members to use them. Encouraging everyone to ask questions and provide honest feedback is critical to supporting our culture and our values of integrity, trust and mutual respect. We appreciate your feedback and will share your comments with the firm’s leadership.