GAI Consultants reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(135 total reviews)

Kevin Leadbetter, PE

87% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

GAI Consultants has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 135 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The GAI Consultants employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.6 stars).

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135 reviews
2.0
Jan 30, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The people in the company are excellent and the company is not very large so there is a great chance to meet and interact with upper management. Due to both of these factors rarely have I heard of someone that is doing project work being let go.

Cons

Upper management has become VERY focused on the bottom line and profit. Training is done mostly out of the Pittsburgh and Orlando locations so if you are in another office you will not have the same opportunities. Some management are allowed to kind of make their own rules despite what the HR handbook may say and HR uses the "per manager approval" phase to skate actual taking a stand for employees. Company only observes 7 paid holidays (no Christmas Eve or MLK). No real evaluation or bonus system. Both are very much up to the manager and are not tied together at all (new HR department, so maybe this changes). Some managers use company money to travel all over the US with no real insight (directly from the bottomline). Additionally, it seems some admin staff spends crazy amounts of money (again directly from the bottomline) on furniture and appearance without considering the possible return.

1.0
Dec 2, 2014

Thrilled to be away

Recommend
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Pros

I am trying to find one. Really, it was one of the worst experiences of my professional career. I met my sales goals/billing goals/multiplier goals, but was still told I lost money. ???? Management was terrible and they beat on the managers day and night. I feel sorry for those I left behind. The atmosphere was terrible in our office.

Cons

They don't care about the employees. We are like cattle to them. There is little to no support from corporate. The corporate management structure is that of a giant company like AECOM (another former employer of mine, who treated us great), but with a much smaller company, your multipliers have to be too large. When you meet your billability goals, your sales goals, your multiplier goals, and you are told that your projects lost money, you have to question their competence. I met every goal that you set, and I lost money? I was so happy to turn my notice in. It was wonderful.

1.0
Nov 10, 2014

better than nothing

Recommend
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Pros

nothing to say except you could work all the hours you wanted if you worked in the field-didn't have to dress up-you got a free lunch when management visited the job trailer.

Cons

full of nepotism!!! when I was there, they treated women like they were meant to be seen and not heard. the more credentials you had, the less work you did!! in the early 80's, no vacation pay and benefits were slashed-layoffs, etc. management did not know how to manage!!!!!!!

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