employer cover photo
employer logo
employer logo

Greenberg Strategy

Part of LRW

Is this your company?

Greenberg Strategy Reviews

3.9

74% would recommend to a friend

(26 total reviews)

Andrew Greenberg

95% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Greenberg Strategy has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 26 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Greenberg Strategy employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

26 reviews
1.0
18 Feb 2017

"Wholehuman" Male Chauvinistic Culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The people, outside of Sr. management. That is about it. They are all brainwashed. Oh and it is a pet friendly workplace.

Cons

At Greenberg women are expected to be seen and not heard. They are to remain in secretarial roles only. If you are a strong women that works hard, looking to further you career and have opinions, it is not welcome here so move on. Men are promoted for waking up and coming to work at some point during the day with little to no experience. A more experienced female that works sun up to sun down and is at the beck and call of her male superior will probably be told she will get a promotion. That's it. She will never live to see the day it actually happens. Pay is horrible. Unless you are male, which even then is not great. They do not believe that they should pay Bay Area cost of living because they are in Emeryville. Benefits and perks are on the poor end for the Bay Area but better than others outside of the BA. Bonuses are a joke so don't let them convince you else wise. The more money the company makes the less they want to share with the people who actually do the work to earn it. Overall it is a creative place which is nice; however because of this they will not implement process or structure and it is very very difficult to get anything done. Efficiency isn't in their vocabulary. Not to mention 95% of the Sr management has no idea what they are doing so this "creative" thinking is the perfect excuse for not getting things done. Turnover rate is insane, but ironically it is mostly due to them firing people. Hiring decisions are left up to incompetent male dominated idiots who are looking for a new boys club members for the leadership roles. For the other roles, that get things done, they only want to hire females but they can't even bring themselves to interview women. They don't want to waste department budgets on a women, instead they can just pile more work on the few they already have. If their fingers aren't bleeding, they can do more. So you are left with a bunch of men who have no idea what they are doing and are getting paid too much money. A few months later a few of the members are sacrificed. Get everything in writing. Salary, perks, promotion schedules, etc. No formal review process so it is subjective. They will deny promises that are made. They will not communicate these in emails, they do everything unofficially so there is no trace. You work hard only to be told that they never promised you anything or they don't recall that conversation. Do not trust a single thing that comes from "HR". Extremely unprofessional. Not a resource for employees at all. Only there to screw employees over.

3.0
4 Mar 2017

Not for everyone

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Interesting projects and big name clients. Its a great resume builder and I learned a lot about market research during my time there. Promotions can happen quickly for certain types of people. Culture wise, they try to make it a fun place to work with very flexible work from home policies, and dogs in the office. Also, the health insurance benefits are amazing.

Cons

Greenberg is one of those places where some people do well and others don't. No doubt, everyone is very smart, but it's hierarchical and top down, so there are a lot of "important strategy meetings" among the leadership, but work gets hot-potated down to the most junior person. Not everyone works as hard as others, and sometimes promotions go to the best talker and presenter, not the hardest worker. Although there are a few women in leadership positions, it's mostly a male-dominated workplace where the women are expected to do a lot of the grunt work. When leadership asks for your opinion or feedback, those who praise leadership while omitting real concerns are better received then those who submit honest feedback. Hence, there's a lot of ranting behind people's backs. It can be extremely frustrating for people who are straightforward, while those better skilled at office politics do very well at Greenberg. Although surface perks like snacks and catered lunches are in place, work life balance can be difficult to achieve. Expect to work weekends and holidays. The salaries are also on the low end, and annual bonuses don't always happen.

2.0
16 Apr 2015

bad scene

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Some of the clients and projects are interesting. I made a few friends I will keep in touch with.

Cons

The company is run by greedy and delusional jerks. Employees are overworked and under appreciated. Most people are considered disposable and this is demonstrated regularly. The favoritism a small handful receive is unreal. I felt terrible while working at Greenberg.

Viewing 1 - 3 of 26 Reviews

Glassdoor has 28 Greenberg Strategy reviews submitted anonymously by Greenberg Strategy employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Greenberg Strategy is right for you.