Fun people working in a family-like environment - Account Manager DesignHammer Employee Review

Many companies say they promote an employee-focused culture but actually don't. DesignHammer does. They also value, and stick to a 40-hour work week. If you need to work a weekend there is extra compensation for your trouble. Small company allows close relationships to develop. Good interaction between the operations and production sides of the business. Largely role-flexible. Titles are mostly for business cards only, and that includes the managing partners. Ownership cultivates an honest and open working environment. Lots of free snacks and drinks. Company-paid team lunches each Friday. Company-supplemented health, vision, dental and matching retirement.

Flexibility and fluidity of job roles can sometimes make prioritization difficult. Upside of job fluidity is that you won't get structured career advancement if you are looking to build your resume.

DesignHammer is a pretty small agency, that usually employs around 10 staff members at any given time. The majority of employees have been with DesignHammer 7+ years because it's a very steady, flexible, and reliable work environment with management that truly treats their employees right. You aren't going to get the hustle and bustle large agency feeling working here–which can be a downside sometimes too, because I personally enjoy keeping productively stressed (within reason); but sincerely, employee health and balance is the most important thing to everyone. Everyone really function as a team and nobody acts superior to one another, which is in part due to the limited managerial hierarchy. Innovation, asking questions, independence, and professional development is always encouraged. The small size of our team means that we get to wear a lot of different hats and learn new skills in a variety of areas, but most importantly the small agency size means you actually get to see how your work directly impacts the overall success of the company. I do really enjoy my position here.

The only downsides for me are pretty mild and mainly related to the age gap between me and the other employees who are all in the 35+ year age range, as well as the office being on the older-side. The current staff also consists of introverts so it can be somewhat hard to get to know them at first if you're used to working in a very extroverted environment.