Does Gradient pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Gradient employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Gradient. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Gradient?

70% of Gradient employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Gradient 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Gradient?

Senior Analyst (3) , Associate (2) , Consultant (2) , Environmental Scientist (2)

What are the pros of working at Gradient according to real employee reviews?

"The coworkers are friendly and willing to help." ((in 3 reviews)); "It has friendly people, great benefits, and a very supportive work environment." ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Gradient according to real employee reviews?

"Hard to grow in the role, pay isn’t as high as I’d like." ((in 4 reviews)); "Managers I've encountered manage projects well, but don't know how to manage people for a project." ((in 3 reviews))

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4.0

70% would recommend to a friend

(32 total reviews)

Teresa S. Bowers

81% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Diversity and inclusion

3.7

Senior management

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Culture and values

Gradient has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 32 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Gradient employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

32 reviews

3.0

31 May 2019

Nice people, not a lot of opportunity for growth

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Some projects are related to high-profile environmental cases that you might read about in the news, mentorship program is well-established and helpful to younger staff, flexible schedules are accommodated, academic conference attendance is encouraged, and the atmosphere is generally friendly and accepting.

Cons

Due to the nature of the work, junior and some mid-level staff with technical backgrounds and advanced degrees are stuck doing intellectually boring work about 80% of the time. Workload is incredibly volatile and management does not make much of an effort to ensure that younger staff are able to fill their time with billable work. Turnover rate is high. Pay is very unequal throughout the company. Most clients are what you would consider "the bad guys".

1.0

25 Jan 2018

Loads of favoritism

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Great location, some principal scientists are super smart. Others rely on junior staff and are not very smart. Really depends on your office location. Collaboration is difficult.

Cons

Poor PTO Pay not competitive Work-life balance is impossible to try to keep up with 85% utilization rate Low career growth potential as it is based on favoritism. To manage projects, you have to be favored by the principal scientists. If you aren't, then you are stuck doing menial tasks. Some of the principal scientists have questionable ethics (and have been called out for it) The clientele is not always on the side that you want to work on, but it is consulting, so it may not be for everyone. Quite a high turnover rate Emphasis on utilization rates is impossible--staff are fabricating their hours to make up higher utilization rates. In fact, staff don't even account for time to go to the restroom or to eat.

3.0

12 Jan 2018

Associate

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Decent benefits package, nice group of intellectual people to work with, opportunities for flexible schedules to accommodate personal life.

Cons

Lack of opportunities for advancement, volatile workload, long periods of slow and intellectually boring work punctuated by intense periods of stressful work.

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