A $4B mom and pop shop...positive & negative. - Anonymous employee Gallagher Employee Review

3.0
2 Jan 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

[Depending on the department you work in] - It can be rewarding and lucrative. It can feel like a family, in good ways, and you do get a sense of ownership, autonomy, and space to take the initiative to be the master of your own destiny.

Cons

It can feel like a family, in bad ways too. Favoritism and nepotism are ever present, worse/better in various divisions and regions. If you're looking at the marketing department (regional/corporate/etc.), it's more sales support and brochure-ware maintenance, than actual marketing. It's corporate culture, so expect lethargy and non-results oriented reporting (which could be a pro, depending on how you look at it).

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Gallagher Response
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We appreciate your feedback and are glad that you find many aspects of your experience empowering. Gallagher was founded as a family business with a strong client-focused culture. As a company that continues to grow through both organic growth and acquisition, many of our merger partners also started as family run insurance brokerages. Regardless of family association, all Gallagher employees are accountable for achieving business results. From our marketing colleagues: “Within the last year, the company hired a Chief Marketing Officer who is setting a new marketing vision for Gallagher and working to transform the company’s marketing capabilities so that they more directly drive short- and long-term growth and value for the company. Truly an exciting time to be a marketer at our company!”

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