Gresham Smith reviews

4.2

84% would recommend to a friend

(210 total reviews)
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Rodney Chester

87% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Gresham Smith has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 210 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Gresham Smith 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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210 reviews
1.0
Dec 14, 2010
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Pros

Overall, I would rate their compensation packages as fair to good. Benefit were good and they embraced features such as flex-time and tele-commute.

Cons

Management fostered a corporate culture that encouraged internal strife, alienated clients and offended many of the subs working on the projects. Nepotism is widely practiced leaving you working under the unqualified neighbor, friend or nephew of someone. Too many egotist, too many ineffective managers.

2.0
Nov 5, 2018

disappointing

Anonymous employee
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Pros

flexible work hours allow for reasonable work-home balance charity involvement

Cons

No career development opportunities. After 10+ years of employment at senior level: no raise, no promotion. Career opportunities better if you are on the "inside" with Corporate office in Nashville. This is an Accounting firm: only the bottom line matters. No culture of creativity, innovation. Totally risk-intolerant. Will never be able to compete with national-level design firms. Will never be able to attract top-tier design professionals. Lack of respect and transparency. Disappointing career path choice. Wish I could say I am proud of working here, but it is sadly not the case. Looking to move on.

1.0
Nov 22, 2017

Don't work in this marketing department.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

GS&P is a large firm, that sometimes allowed for big budget items. Printing was always good with the contracted printer. IT was always helpful. Any computer program you'd need as a marketing professional was readily available. You may not get trained to use it, but it's there.

Cons

"A bad manager can take a good staff and destroy it, causing the best employees to flee and the remainder to lose all motivation" I saw the above quote online. It perfectly describes the atmosphere of this tumultuous marketing department. The group is led by a narcissistic woman with zero managerial experience. GS&P failed to adhere to the standards put in place by sane individuals with knowledge and experience, thus the marketing department is disheveled and failing. Consists of 95% white women, who were hired to say yes to the old white men that work in other departments. If you are looking to work as a marketing coordinator, designer or pursuit manager... RUN. Run far away.

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