GRA Reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(33 total reviews)

Chuck Vessels

49% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

GRA has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 33 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The GRA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government and public administration industry (3.6 stars).

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33 reviews
3.0
11 Feb 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The benefits are pretty good. The company used to contribute 3% safe-harbor and 7% discretionary (with no employee match required) for a total of 10% of your salary to your 401(k), 100% vested from day one. Recently, the 7% discretionary contribution was diverted to a newly-created employee stock option. The company also pays the full premium for health insurance. Employees accrue 2.25 days of vacation leave and 0.75 days of sick leave per week for less than five years of service, and this increases to 3 and 1, respectively, for greater than 5 years service. Ten paid holidays, a decent (albeit small) Christmas bonus, flexible work schedule, etc. Casual dress, somewhat relaxed atmosphere.

Cons

Pay is on the low side, susceptibility to gaps in contract coverage due to small company size, lack of opportunities to advance, pay raises are disappointing, HR is way too large for such a small company, employee eval process is clumsy and inept. Company really suffers from lack of communication between employees and upper management. Oh, and company gatherings tend to include prayer - which is okay if you're attending church, but not appropriate for corporate matters. Also, the CEO has an inherent political bias which is at times very evident. This isn't a problem as long as you agree with him, but it isn't appropriate for corporate meetings. Turnover rate is rather high in certain groups (although on a positive note it was rather stable in my group). BTW, the CEO is no longer Dr. Yates - unfortunately, he is deceased (2013). He was a good man, and many in the company - including myself - miss him. Under his leadership, the company was growing and thriving (at least to a greater extent than it is now).

4.0
7 July 2021

Great Benefits

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The company is laid back and lets you do your job without micromanaging. HR is absolutely wonderful. Best HR person I have ever had the pleasure of working with. Bonus at Christmas, small but still nice. Some are able to telework and that is great.

Cons

They do not listen when employees complain about mid line managers not knowing what they are doing, playing favorites, and being bad for the groups reputation. Nepotism is happening and it is losing customers, but they don't seem to care. Our group tended to hire lots of people at low rates of pay to do a job that few can accomplish easily at a decent rate of pay. But when bonuses are dependent on the # of people that work under them, they don't care. Our group had very high turn over rates. The men that were being complained about by managers for doing nothing during the day, were given raises and promotions by those same managers, while women were not being recognized for their work. If you can play a round of golf, you can get promoted. Moving up in the company is very hard to do. Raises don't come often.

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