Global Experience Specialists Reviews

Pros

Good Atmosphere, Helpful employees, Team Spirit

Cons

Long hours, can be very stressful

Pros

GES does great quality work and runs like a well oiled machine

Cons

Very tedious procedures and metrics.

Pros

Learn the trade show business. Co-workers are good people.

Cons

Drawing plays in the sand still. The most toxic and unhealthy company have ever seen. IT leadership at best is unholy and at worst is evil.

Pros

The company recognizes and celebrates the fact that its employees make the company great

Cons

You are "forced" to go work for the competitor. The salary base is about $3.00 over the minimum wage, and for what it is expected and all the responsibilities, pay rates must be evaluated.

Pros

people are great, amazing work-life balance,

Cons

organizational culture is essentially non-existant, smaller offices are forgotten about

Pros

Pros are the People you work with who are still there... almost 80% of graphics depot staff has turned over in 2019... Horrible pay, bad hours, overworked, extremely dated processes and technology, one of the dirtiest and disgusting environments I have ever worked in... that is just the beginning... I can go on...

Cons

everything but the handful of good people you may work with who have been there (and still there)... if they haven't left or are ready to quit because all GES competitors are paying 20-30% more...???

Pros

1. Many of the people that you meet at GES are wonderful 2. Health, Dental, Vision 3. 401k 4. Employee Assistance Program 5. Bonuses – If they don’t change the bonus plan in the last quarter of the year. 6. Education assistance (sometimes) depending on if your manager will sign off on it. Also, like many companies, you cannot request tuition assistance until after one year of employment and you have to stay with GES for one year after your last tuition disbursement. 7. Yearly participation in the Las Vegas Corporate Challenge.

Cons

1. Low Compensation – The base pay is not competitive, and you should never expect to receive a raise above 2.5%. GES competitors know this and refer to GES as “GES University” because it is where they find the hard-working, knowledgeable and underpaid. 2. Whack A Mole Bonus Plans – In the last quarter of 2018, the bonus plan suddenly changed, and no bonuses were paid out. In the first quarter of 2019, the bonus plan changed back to the old plan. 3. Very little recognition and appreciation from managers. 4. Command and control leadership styles – Don’t be surprised if a member of the leadership team tells you - after a 12-hour day at a show - that it doesn’t matter if you work until midnight to get your work done. They will threaten job loss if you refuse. Also, depending on your manager, you may be expected to use your PTO if you want to take a day off after working 21 days in a row (weekends and all) because of back to back shows. 5. Lack of promotion opportunities unless you have some physical qualities that are attention-grabbing. 6. Quid pro quo sexual harassment – If you are a young woman that is from Latin America, expect to get some unwanted attention from some members of leadership. My advice - use your personal phone to record EVERY face to face interaction. E-mail those recordings to your personal e-mail account. 7. No professional development opportunities - In many cases, you will notice that there are people that have been working at GES for decades doing the same exact job for decades and they have senior titles but no certifications or letters like CEM, CMP, CSEP, etc. behind their name. In some departments, certifications are discouraged, and training opportunities are not offered. 8. Lack of independence and autonomy – Some people can work from home half of the week (after one year of employment) and some people are singled out and must come in every day to be seen and micromanaged. 9. No instruction from some managers - Some leaders have moved up through the ranks, but in some cases, some managers have never had the job, don’t know the job and can’t train or develop the people on their own team. 10. Your health may fail – If the stress of the position causes your doctor to put you on blood pressure medication, or you start getting stress-induced migraine headaches, or your hair starts falling out in clumps, there is an excellent chance that your leadership team will do nothing to help. The best thing you can do is go out on short term disability and start interviewing elsewhere.