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Bates Smart Architects

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5.0
May 19, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Hands on Directors - High profile projects. Clients that care about high quality design - Solid architects/ project leaders - Cares about quality (from design to construction) - Good office culture. Allow flexible working hours - Great knowledge sharing with different interest groups

Cons

- long working hours dependent on project - perceivably "conservative" design strategy, mostly driven by clients - mentoring is lacking at times - junior staff gets pigeon-hole like any large practices. Though this has improved in recent years.

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4.0
Apr 10, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Great and friendly staff, interesting projects. Good work/life balance

Cons

The firm is a little too large

5.0
Jan 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good team to work with.

Cons

Busy and high-pressure at times.

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