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3.7

76% would recommend to a friend

(451 total reviews)
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81% positive business outlook

George P. Johnson has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 451 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The George P. Johnson employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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451 reviews
1.0
Jan 20, 2015

Attention: Interns

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Pros

As an intern, you get exposure and experience. It's a large agency and their clients are on the top fortune 500 companies in various industries and there's a certain level of branding and expertise exposed to us when working on a project. It's great on your resume.

Cons

-The social structure of this established large company is naturally hierarchal, however, extremely outdated ('Mad Men' style) and undervalue employees. -Senior managers can be condescending to interns. -The culture of the office is bland and sometimes very plastic and fake. Like any internship, you are assigned work to help teams and learn from the experience, however, this internship program offers no formal training, no support, and a uninspired, unmotivating environment. -On top of all of it, they give you large responsibilities and expectations without formal training and get paid almost minimum wage.

1.0
Nov 26, 2014
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Pros

Get to work with big clients at exhibitions.

Cons

GPJ sells it's self as a global agency, it does not act like one. Integration and leverage across the network is pretty much non existent. GPJ is an oversized, lumbering regionalised company that delivers highly priced exhibition stands and expo printing. The culture and the overall attitude, fighting political slur, self preservation over team and staff development. Tiring to deal with Sr management 'sports car' egos, disorganisation, head cuts, budget cuts, departmental cuts whilst demanding more time and output from all. Lip service, old corp culture of back stabbing, lack of staff and snr management support. Day to day feels as if the top earners are coasting to conserve their ill performing roles and more focussed on 'pr politics' than 'progression and morall'. False smiles and ulterior motives too prevalent. One of the most overtly disharmonious environments to work at, not a place to build a career.

2.0
Nov 4, 2014

Hard to believe this company plans Dreamforce

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Pros

Good reputation but heading in the wrong direction Dedicated, professionals who truly want to do a good job.

Cons

Lowest pay in the industry, by far! Very little infrastructure and resources to help with this complex event. GPJ management talks a lot about how they value people's contributions but between the miserable pay and lack of process, it is merely lip service. Extremely silo'd workplace. Employees are more concerned about making sure their piece is in order and not so concerned about the bigger picture. Account management is nor supportive of internal staff and usually takes the client's side.

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