Ghafari Associates reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(172 total reviews)

Kouhaila G. Hammer

86% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Ghafari Associates has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 172 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ghafari Associates employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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172 reviews
3.0
Jan 26, 2015

Ghafari Associates, LLC

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Client service oriented; experienced staff and long-term customer relationships.

Cons

Advancement minimum, base pay and poor communication

1.0
Nov 26, 2021

The most toxic company in this industry!!

Recommend
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Pros

There’s no reason to stay in this company. Most A/E companies are hiring! “Move on” is very recommended!

Cons

With an accountant CEO, the company is turning into a store to make profit without any consideration to creativity, innovation, or any type of reasonable design work. The CEO is leading a toxic environment focuses only only on profit without any consideration to human interactions. Technology is used only attract customers and not to help employees —even with COVID, employees are expected to use their own devices to work from home!!

1.0
Nov 4, 2021

Most toxic & unprofessional environment I have ever experienced

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Office location on Michigan Avenue

Cons

EVERYTHING. The work environment is toxic. Local firm President screams and belittles employees on a regular basis and I was verbally attacked in a client meeting by an equity partner in the firm in my first 90 days who literally dropped F bombs and told me to f myself in front of a new client I had introduced to the firm. Unprofessional is a GROSS understatement. I thought they had great diversity when I saw all the foreign nationals who worked there until I witnessed sweat shop hours and threats to their visa status if they failed or got delayed in their workload. I am not sure how they are still in business as they are on the fringe of legality of work practices and maintain a VERY hostile work environment which is reinforced by the entire management team there daily.

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