There are a FEW diamonds in the rough - Interior Designer Gensler Employee Review

3.0
7 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

There are a lot of good people to learn from. The hardest part is finding them. I was able to get a fairly well-rounded experience here. I worked on a lot of interesting projects and was able to touch almost every part of them from concept design through CA. However, that took years of having to really advocate for myself and give 110% all the time. The best thing Gensler gave me was amazing friends and mentors who are still in my life years after leaving…probably because of all our late nights and shared trauma.

Cons

The overall office culture is not good. There are a few amazing people. However, there are an equal amount of insecure people trying to push you down to elevate themselves. Unfortunately, most of the people at the top are playing the same game. If you are a nice, hardworking person who really cares about doing good work, but doesn’t want to deal with office BS, this probably isn’t your place. All of my good friends and mentors have left. We were optimistic we could change the culture but after years of no improvement, we realized change needed to come from the top. To my knowledge, the culture is the same, maybe worse post-COVID.

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Gensler Response
4mo
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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Pros

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Cons

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Gensler Response
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1.0
29 May 2026
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Pros

Nice office, lots of “rah rah Gensler” events with food & booze, some nice people

Cons

Where do I start…..some studios are TOXIC. Favoritism permeates every aspect of working here. It’s nauseating. There is zero loyalty, zero recognition for hard work (yeah you get a bonus but sometimes a kind word is needed). Oh-and never ever express an opinion that may be in opposition to “leadership’s”. Your private life, beliefs, politics and other personal things are fair game for letting you go. I’ve seen it happen-fired because someone expresses in a private conversation that one has ethical concerns regarding projects that are in the office (but in another studio/office) will get you fired. They will make up some bs about “work performance”, yet no conversation ever with anyone about “needing improvement “. Out of left field. Bye bye. Management tells leadership that they’d already “warned” the person-completely untrue. Hear later it was likely due to having concerns about a client/project. Lesson learned-shut up, work 12 hrs a day and be happy with the scraps you’re thrown. Also-egos galore! Unwillingness to take accountability for mistakes.

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