I worked at Gensler - San Diego for multiple years and would not recommend working at this office if you are someone who is interested in long-term career growth, expanding your skillset or working with a team that genuinely cares about you.
Senior leadership perpetuates a toxic alpha male work culture built around an idea that the lower level workforce is replaceable. In my first-hand experience I was treated as expendable by jaded managers who demonstrated a lack of interest in getting to know me as a human being and only communicated with me when something project-related was needed.
The culture is extremely corporate (in the worst ways), disingenuous, immature, and lures people in because of the high profile name/clients in the industry. Don’t be fooled. Employees are just another number to managers, who are either too busy or don’t really care to actually get to know and mentor staff. This is reflected in the high turnover in this office.