Do Not Recommend - Anonymous employee Gerber Tours Employee Review

Tony is great to work with Great, competitive pay Easy scheduling

Some of the itineraries could be a better match for the client or more detailed Occasionally there are holes in the itinerary to fill, which can be good or bad depending on your skill level and knowledge of the destination Some of the clients aren’t the most fun to work with

This was my first job out of school. I had a lot of kind, hardworking co-workers (travel account executives that have been at the company for years) that I enjoyed working with.

I had very scary, unprofessional experiences while working here. The most recent review below my review was written the exact day (April 2021) I was laid off, in hopes of covering up what I experienced here. I would never classify Gerber Tours as an "amazing opportunity", and here are a few examples of why. While working with Gerber's subsidiary company that you work with daily in Marketing, a co-worker would call me multiple times after-hours on my personal cell phone and demand that I tell her I respect her. There was one phone call with this co-worker in the summer of 2020 around 6:00 pm EST that lasted an hour and she only had negative things to say. She mentioned she waited until after I was home from work to call me, so I wouldn't tell the CEO about our conversation. She told me how her other co-workers disliked working with me because of my age and inexperience (I was literally right out of college). This co-worker also told me that because of my young age, I should not have the right to share my opinion, as no one cares. Specifically, other employees "have children", and therefore should not have to listen to my suggestions. This was so discouraging for someone who had just graduated. Aside from my experience with a co-worker contacting me after-hours, I was also asked to disclose who I voted for by the Gerber Tours President in the presidential election, and soon after this, the President told another senior-level employee who I voted for. I felt extremely uncomfortable discussing politics in the office. I was laid off shortly after this conversation, within a week. Another member of the leadership team would go around asking workers their political opinions and call them "idiots" if they did not agree with her. During the pandemic, I was given zero benefits and zero paid days off. The pay is also below average. Overall, stay away from Gerber Tours at all costs.