Would not recommend, not a good culture - Designer Gensler Employee Review

1.0
Dec 8, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working in high profile projects and a modicum of respect from people who are in the industry, access to tools and software. Coffee in the office.

Cons

Management does not actually care about what employees have to say. Teams have been asking for a return to hybrid schedules for at least a year and management willfully ignores it because they feel they can't trust people to do their work without visibly being able to see them doing it - despite being proven wrong time and time again by high performing teams. It seems the quality of your work does not matter when compared to performative work, they care about you looking busy and happy rather than you actually being busy with fulfilling work and actually happy with what you are doing and who you are surrounded with. There is a huge gossip culture, people are always talking behind team members' backs and complaining. There are huge in and out groups and people do not make an active effort to include younger team members in their group, but then complain that they are not integrated. Been discriminated against for having disabilities and have seen the same happen to others. High turnover rate. All in all it is a very isolating environment where management claims to care about employees' needs, but seldom acts on it. I would not recommend to a colleague.

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Gensler Response
1y
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 would forward to your leadership team; however, you have not identified the office location in which you work.

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