Consensus Reviews

3.8

53% would recommend to a friend

(18 total reviews)

Josh Gertler

65% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Consensus has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 18 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Consensus employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

18 reviews
1.0
11 Sept 2015

Associate/Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They have a big vision, flexibility to work remotely (only some people got this benefit) but the only reason people work from home is get away from the negativity.

Cons

Management is terrible, work environment has become toxic, senior leadership appears to hate their jobs, was once a thriving and flourishing communications company and now it's dying and sad, high pressure with no rewards, only reason the company stays afloat is because of the relationships the top two in charge have but even those contracts tend to end due to bad account management and lack of results, severly understaffed

2.0
14 Mar 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Most of the people that are hired are very fun and creative...

Cons

After being here for 6 months or more most of the creativity is squeezed out of people and they are simply trying to bill hours because that is what is being impressed upon them by management.

2.0
28 Aug 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Opportunity to work on a lot of interesting projects if you want to get into the world of LA/California public affairs and a great chance to build up your network if you want to do something in the field. -A lot of smart and interesting people are hired, and a lot of Consensus alumni have gone on to do cool things with their careers. -Pay and benefits were solid. -It does well on the diversity and inclusions fronts.

Cons

-Management with the top two is awful. They micromanage badly, there are a lot of stories of verbal abuse, they make a lot of unreasonable requests, and they had a 0% approval rating in the office. -The bad management creates an extremely toxic work environment. Everyone is in fear and is on the hunt for new jobs. I guess there’s the benefit of the camaraderie created by everyone feeling like they’re in a shared struggle against management, but well, do you really want that? -Employee turnover is also obviously really bad. From 2020-21, it’s not an exaggeration to say that everyone other than the top two was either fired or moved onto better jobs. -The company gives off strong sinking ship vibes. There were few employees left when I decided to move on, and from the looks of it, that number has potentially dwindled to 0 as of summer 2021. -The office location is also weird for a public affairs firm. Burbank is out of the way from a lot of clients which are more centered in DTLA.

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