Stay away - Project Manager Gensler Employee Review

1.0
Sep 4, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

LA Office - Great lower and intermediate staff, some but not many good upper level senior associates and partners. Barbara Bouza is a good one, can't say the same for the other two who will be running the office.

Cons

Upper management is only looking out for themselves and the bonuses from bringing in work. Will underbid projects to get their bonuses. Will put the responsibility on the project managers and staff to get the project completed resulting often in massive unpaid overtime. They will then bill hours at a partners rate to the job weekly although they do little to nothing just so they can create the illusion of being profitable as a partner. And of course, you can guess who gets to work evenings and overtime to make up for the lost project revenue. There is no honesty or integrity among most of the partners. It is a culture that is rotting from the top down and the container has become so infused replacing replacing the people will only rotten them.

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Thanks for providing feedback on your experience at Gensler. We value our interns and love to hear their perspectives. We are thrilled and delighted to see your 5-star rating!
1.0
May 29, 2026
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Pros

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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