George Gallup Senior is Probably Rolling in His Grave and Yes, Mr. Clifton, You are the Emperor "With No Clothes" - You Will Find Out Gallup Employee Review

1.0
Mar 20, 2013
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Pros

Wizard-of-Oz type of recruiting as there are lies, damned lies, abominations, statistics, then there is Gallup.

Cons

Questionable-wording in questionnaires create questionable and biased results. Quota-systems for how many surveys completed per hour are not accurate and more times than not, unachievable unless interviewers under-report actual hours worked on projects, which is "falsifying" worksheets. Apparently, none of these employees are terminated for this practice, in fact, they are "rewarded" for their "outstanding productivity" and given office recognition. But the ones that do report their "actual" hours and express their frustrations with the quotas being too ridiculously high, or bias in the wording of the questions get terminated. They are informed that they are not being team players and have falsified a survey, therefore, they are terminated. Once these honest employees are terminated and have left the building, rumors are spread by supervisors that these employees have been falsifying many surveys and they have the tapes to prove it. The culture of the company creates a closed-door of communication between these fired employees and the remaining employees by telling them that if it found out that they have communicated with them (the fired), they will be terminated also. Jim Clifton and his family are finding out the hard way

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The leadership team is making the right changes in the organization to modernize the business.

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5.0
Jan 13, 2026
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Pros

When I was an undergraduate student in a public administration course in 1985 I was advised that frequent career changes were the new norm in society. That I would more than likely have many jobs over the span of my career. It turns out that this was half-correct. At Gallup I have had many "jobs" in a consistent and rewarding career that has run 30 years so far. This is an organization that is built on intelligence, research-based counsel, independence, talent, strengths and, ultimately, a respect for entrepreneurial thinking. It has a very flat structure, and leadership is available and open to insights and suggestions. Your growth is really only limited by your imagination and commitment to driving your career day in and day out. One of the great opportunities that Gallup provides employees is the possibility to be an owner of the company. You can have skin in the game from an early stage in your career. There are even programs that support you to take on ownership within the 401K and independently. You can really build meaningful wealth through this program. Benefits are very good in general. We have evolved as a company and continue to offer more and more competitive benefits each year.

Cons

It depends how you read this, but, you have to work hard and be open to change, learning, renewing, and evolving to stay relevant. This is not a negative for me, but it is not a place you can come work and expect your annual salary to just grow. It is a place that is constantly changing and you need to be flexible enough to do the same. You get out of the place what you put into the place.

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