Gensler reviews

Gensler Houston is NOT a good environment for female architects. There are few female leaders and the women seem to be the first to go in layoffs. Women are often overlooked for design roles and some male principals just simply don't work with women. The percentage of women in architecture positions (not interiors, marketing, or business) at Gensler Houston is significantly lower than even the industry standard. I spoke with many women who felt either pigeon-holed into technical positions or were afraid of losing their jobs. This is a client-oriented firm, and many projects suffer from a lack of an overarching vision or lose many initial design ideas in a process of value-engineering. Lack of middle-management leaves talented young staff without sufficient guidance.

Very aggressive, boys club type work environment. Salaries are below the industry standard. You will see many reviews saying good benefits. After working there 10 yrs I disagree. Unfortunately because most of the staff is very young and inexperienced they don't understand that the benefits are not that good. You will find the interest earned on profit sharing is substantially lower than that of the 401k, you would be better off with a company that contributes to your 401k. The bonuses are just your normally salary broken out as additional payments. It is to the companies benefit not yours. They hold the money all year making interest on it and then give it to you in Dec and June . If they are having a bad year the bonus can be lowered and then you will make way below the industry standard. Also know Gensler has a huge marketing team and many of the interns are children of Gensler's clients. So every time a negative review is added to this website, someone from marketing or one of these children are asked to write a positive review.