W.L. Gore & Associates Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"W.L. Gore is a very good place to work, economy, however, has strained some parts of the business."

What do you like about working at W.L. Gore & Associates?

"The culture is unique and can be a very good work environment with good leadership and associates."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure that you investigate the culture. It is not the right fit for everyone. The people are generally very intelligent and nice; but just like any other company, a few bad apples exist."

What don't you like about working at W.L. Gore & Associates?

"When the leadership changes and they are not right for the position, the atmosphere can veer away from the true Gore culture. Also, peer review is very subjective and can be misused."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Please make sure that the leadership selected is a true leader and they are not power hungry, self serving, naive or weak."

"Mostly positive, but be careful!"

What do you like about working at W.L. Gore & Associates?

"Lots of opportunity to try things outside my comfort zone and expand my horizons."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Stay positive. Highlight your strengths and passions. And be patient! Hiring decisions can take a long time and involve a lot of people."

What don't you like about working at W.L. Gore & Associates?

"Working in small teams leaves you open to petty politics and the whims of 1 or 2 co-workers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Review hiring/firing decisions outside the immediate team to ensure fairness."

"Was a much better place to work for prior to W.L. Gore buying Adam Spence."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you are in the early years of your career this will be a good company, but if you are middle to upper management, you can expect a lot of changes."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Personally being in sales I do not work an 8 - 5 job I put many hours in on the road and at home, it's not fair to treat middle or upper management like hourly employees. I put in a min. of 60 hrs a week and still get my same pay every 2 weeks. I don't want to be treated better because of that just fairly."

"Excellent career, I will miss it."

What do you like about working at W.L. Gore & Associates?

"Always working with people, very flexible, cared about family, people were always willing to help you."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"make sure you are a team player and work hard."

What don't you like about working at W.L. Gore & Associates?

"some people did not practice the culture and the company suffered because of it."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would try and help my fellow associates grow and succeed."

What do you like about working at W.L. Gore & Associates?

"Great company with an innovative atmosphere from everything to its organizational structure to its products."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't discount the importance of culture, and what many who work at Gore describe as a culture fit. This culture encompasses having a confident intelligence (without being arrogant) and a willingness to be humble, helpful, and adaptable."

What don't you like about working at W.L. Gore & Associates?

"The company has no sense of urgency at times with projects and timelines. It's very laid back as part of the culture and sometimes draws out deadlines and ultimately hurts the bottom line (even though the company is extremely financially healthy; probably why it's so laid back and slow)"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Due to tremendous growth of the company I would keep my finger on the pulse more; especially in the medical divisions where the profits are outpacing many of the other industries."

"A great experience and allot of growth"

What do you like about working at W.L. Gore & Associates?

"the people are good to work with and are all focused on the same process. Training is good."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It's a great place to work for, just be honest and make sure to be dependable1q"

What don't you like about working at W.L. Gore & Associates?

"Some plant leaders are not good with people and if you don't fit into their click, then good luck!."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Need to focus on what is best for the business and how it's getting done, without your cronies messing it up."

"Great team especially around the EnterpriseOne product and support. Shift to managed services and I was the newest employee. Most associates are there for many years."

"Been working here many years ( 5+). Great place to work if you don't mind low pay. The ranking and compensation process is not fair (good old boy's network - they vote for each other). Expect about 10-15% less than competitive salary elsewhere. Very flexible schedule. Fun projects. People are nice."

"Not as good as a place to work as most think."

"I worked for WLGore for 7.5 years. You need to have superior people skills to work in a leadership role. You also need to have patience if the desire to move up in this company is your end game. Culture of the company is what you make it - however - beware that it is not practiced consistently between buildings which can lead to difficulties in practicing the culture at all. Outstanding work/life considerations. given."

"I've been with WL Gore for 9 years. They make many products for electronics, clothing, medical, and industrial industries. Each division consists of many smaller autonomous groups. Each group has it's own culture. My first 2 groups were excellent, my third was not. Be careful and make sure your career goals align with those of the group you are interviewing with. My review is for my last work group."