Worplace - Studio Gensler Employee Review

3.0
Aug 24, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Gensler is good worldwide and they do great projects. Leadership is great in US. Highly regarded for good culture. Best workplace worldwide, except Bangalore.

Cons

No more enjoyable place to work. Gensler became too indian like any other indian firm run by indian director. past 6months, all good and hard working seniors left . recently, leadership forced a hard working employee to resign without giving any reason. Politics in peak, culture is progressively getting worse, ethics is compromised. Latest hirers are somehow past colleagues of director, thus forming a group. More mangers but no leaders.

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Gensler Response
8y
Thanks for the feedback! We love hearing from our colleagues throughout the world and relish the opportunity to better understand their perspectives on what it's like to be a part of our firm. We appreciate your mention of our highly regarded culture and great project work. We’d also like to address your comments about our Bangalore office by stressing that Gensler is firmly committed to conducting business with integrity and in compliance with all laws. We have an ethics and compliance program that is dedicated to helping our teams resolve any issues that arise in our offices and project locations around the world. If you encounter behavior that does not align with our ethical culture, please reach out to gensler_ethics@gensler.com. All reports are kept confidential and retaliation will not be tolerated. Thanks again for the feedback and for the contributions you have made to our continued success.

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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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