Very much an old boys club. A lot of leadership seems to be friends or family with questionable qualifications. While normally many long-term employees would be a good sign, in Gensco's case it means many people who are stuck in their old ways. Work from home is not based off of actual job duties but managers preferences, so some people could, some people couldn't. It's perfectly fine for people to talk out loud about non-work related things, but if you use chat messaging too much you get in trouble. At Corporate men aren't allowed to wear non-collared shirts, even on casual Fridays (unless it's a sports team themed shirt). They often take the least generous option possible when it comes to employee benefits. For example, they provide the min legal sick hours required by WA law, only updated once it was brought up that their existing policy didn't conform. Their medical benefits only allow 3 Dr. visits at co-pay before you have to do out of pocket until your deductible is hit. As salaried workers we were told we were not legally entitled to breaks outside of our 30 min lunch break! That going to the bathroom, refilling coffee/water etc was fine, but we could not go take a walk on a nice day, etc. Expect to have very firm set work hours, even as a salaried worker. They will happily allow you to work over 40 hours, but if you need to leave more that 15 min early for an appointment, etc they will require you to use sick/vacay time, you can't just make it up later. Many departments do work for both Gensco and their "sister company" Slakey Brothers.
