Gavin Reviews

3.2

41% would recommend to a friend

(30 total reviews)

Jim Kell and Serena Spiezio

49% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Gavin has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 30 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Gavin employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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30 reviews
2.0
21 Dec 2017

Stressful Work Environment

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Surrounded by creative people, who make office life a lot more enjoyable. You are recognized for going above and beyond expectations. Yearly trips to celebrate the company's anniversary.

Cons

The CEO micromanages every project. Unrealistic project budgeting and timelines cause team members to work more than 40 hours a week on a frequent basis. You are expected to do the work outside of office hours without being asked - and if you don't you are seen as a "bad employee". There is very little effort to promote from within here. External sources are always considered before the hard-working people already employed at Gavin. If you want a job that opened, you have to apply and compete with others that have never stepped foot within Gavin for the job. Management does not accept feedback to the structure of the workplace or the processes. They will listen, although reluctantly, to what your concerns are, and then literally do nothing about it. There is no HR here. The CEO of the company is HR. Most of the concerns people have they would rather not talk to the CEO about - but that is your only option. There is no "middle-man" to mediate situations between employees and senior management.

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Gavin Response
8y
Hello. First, thank you for your review. As a fast growing company, we are always looking to advance through honest feedback from our team. It’s important to us that potential hires have access to the most current and accurate information on Gavin as they consider employment, and we can’t help but be skeptical of this review as a current/recent employee, as it does not reflect our organizational chart or internal processes. The entire creative team reports to the VP of Client Services and Project Managers (PMs) report to Directors for all review of work. As a growing company, we place enormous focus and importance on nurturing our teammates as part of our We Culture. This includes making investments in training and internal mentorship efforts. Over the past two years, we have promoted three employees internally and have advanced an intern to a full-time coordinator position. If you are a current employee, we encourage you to speak to our Controller with any HR issues, as she oversees all employee benefit and HR issues, should an employee not feel comfortable going to their Director, VP of Client Services or the CEO. Thank you, The Gavin Team
1.0
12 Mar 2021

Seriously avoid this place

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The coworkers helped the day go by easier.

Cons

- CEO displays terrible examples of leadership - Benefits are abysmal and expensive - No HR department - Salary is below market value, while overworking each employee - Toxic work culture - Too cheap to spend more than $10 for team-building events/celebrations (Seriously, $10) - Do not trust their own employees - No parking spots for employees available

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Gavin Response
5y
Hello, thank you for your feedback. We value the opinion of all our teammates and conduct regular check-ins with staff in order to gather direct feedback to ensure we always remain in tune to our employees’ needs. Our agency is committed helping every employee thrive and succeed. Human Resources falls under the responsibility of Gavin’s Controller. We offer a robust onboarding program, as well as industry-related training resources in order to promote skill-set improvement and professional growth within our agency. Periodic performance reviews are conducted throughout the year for all teammates which highlight each employee’s achievements as well as opportunities for growth. If you are a current employee of Gavin, we encourage you to contact our Controller to assist with any concerns. We are proud of our growing team and their achievements, and we continue to encourage growth and advancement, mentorship training and team collaboration for greater success together. We hope that we are able to hear from you directly so that we may be of assistance.
2.0
26 Oct 2018

Project Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-get to work with many different types of clients

Cons

-toxic work environment, everyone I’ve worked with are nice people but hate their jobs -open work place absolutely no way to get away from anyone -work is cookie cutter, nothing amazing

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