Office leaders lead with fear and shame, stay away from Atlanta Gensler. - Interior Design Professional Gensler Employee Review

1.0
30 Jul 2019
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Pros

Other offices outside of Gensler Atlanta office have good culture and leaders.

Cons

The culture is highly judgmental, fear and manipulation driven, and does not support growth and advancement. The office leaders lead with insecurity. Unhealthy competitiveness and judgement. The leadership is bias, unfair, and does not care about the employees well -being, they only care about their own self-preservation. This is a very unhealthy environment due to the leadership. I would never encourage anyone to work at this office.

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Gensler Response
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Thanks for providing feedback on your experience at Gensler. We treat the concerns of our people seriously and have a robust system with multiple channels for raising questions and reporting issues. Encouraging our people to ask questions and raise issues is critical to supporting our culture and our values of integrity, trust, and mutual respect

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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

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Gensler Response
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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!
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Cons

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Gensler Response
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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.
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