Yikes! - Anonymous employee Gensler Employee Review

1.0
4 Aug 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The clients are the best part - if you are lucky - you'll get to work on good projects. But it really depends on what team you are on and what projects are in your specific "studio".

Cons

Where to begin... The lack of ethics in project management is terrifying. People bill to whatever project they are told, with no real hours accounted for (poor clients!). The ethics in actual work is also terrifying. People just copy and paste from one project to another - so work is never original or top tier (poor clients!). There are a couple of studio directors in the Boston office who seem to run more professional gigs, but the studio directors on my floor were both totally nuts. They fought with each other like school girls, were incompetent managers, and lacked any true leadership qualities. The revolving door gets old too. There are always "new" people on your team - and having to tell who can really accomplish actual client work is super difficult.

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Gensler Response
9y
Thank you for the feedback on your experience at Gensler. We appreciate your candor and will share your comments with the firm’s leadership. We’d also like to take this opportunity to stress that professional ethics lie at the core of Gensler’s guiding principles. Gensler is consistently listed as one of the “Most Admired” firms in our industry by publications such as Interior Design magazine and Building Design. We believe the admiration of our peers reflects our ongoing commitment to protecting and nurturing a strong and ethical culture, and we will continue to do everything we can to provide the best possible experience for our clients and our people. Thanks again for your feedback.

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