Gallup reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(1,090 total reviews)
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Jon Clifton

75% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Gallup has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,090 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Gallup employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Jul 29, 2009

Eh, good place to hang out for a while

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Pros

Flexible environment work wise and most of the people are really nice (although they do expect you to work more than full time, even though they tout the policy as flexible). There are some very smart people who work here, unfortunately they just don't always know the practical applications of their smartness.

Cons

There's no real opportunity for advancement. You can get a fancier title and slightly more money by working on or selling bigger projects, but you can never change jobs as that would go against being a strengths based organization. Consequently, you can't really pick up new skills or skills that would be transferable to another job easily. Compared to competitors, the use of technology is laughable, both client focused and internally. This is not a consulting company. Not sure the management of a company should be running a company.

2.0
Jul 1, 2009
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Pros

Flexibility and vacation policy. Good brand name - primary recognition with polling. No performance reviews - very "nice" people who focus on strengths. Highlighting or recognizing weaknesses is taboo.

Cons

Poor management, either young and inexperienced or older and focused on product sales. This is not a consulting company - it is a company that sells surveys. Titles of Partner and Engagement Manager - reality is Sales and Project Manager. Little to no intellectual capital being generated. If you spend your time "consulting" and solving problems - you are looked at negatively because you do not "believe in the products." My recommendation is NOT to join this company if you have aspirations to join a consulting company to do consulting. This is not a company that values an MBA.

1.0
Jun 3, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Get along great with my peers...some of my friendships I have developed will last the rest of my life. Most hires are smart and relate well with others, making for strong teamwork.

Cons

Inward-looking leadership. Family owned inner-cirlce that does what they can to protect their money. Therefore, decisions do not reflect those of the rest of the company. Furthermore, the leadership is almost cowboy-like, stating we were going on the largest hiring blitz when everyone else was cutting back. Gallup is now paying dearly for this decision, as they are overstaffed with dwindling work. It seems we lose a major contract to competitors about once a week lately. This is resulting in mass layoffs throughout the company, and now everyone is scared for their jobs. Unless you are on the exec committee. The exec committee makes all the decisions, and does what they can to hold on to their money, and will not listen to the anyone else in the company. Finally, the new hires come in ultra-engaged as they are spoonfed false ideologies that Gallup is a unique "strengths-based organization." Veterans are fairly disengaged when they learn soon enough that the only people that matter are those on the exec committee. Interestingly the people with real talent get ousted because they are viewed as a threat to the top. Some of my best mentors have been let go/fired because of this mentality.

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