Sinking Boat - Designer Eight Inc. Employee Review

Friendly, hardworking, wonderful creative work

Only that I moved so couldn’t continue working with them

-Some very interesting work/projects -Decent salaries (when they pay) -Some very thoughtful/caring people in the team who do genuinely try to help younger designers grow -Interesting opportunities for travel -Unique approach to design -Intellectually challenging

-Emotionally abusive leadership -No functional HR (HR related to CEO) -No functional management structure (where people in senior roles push for change, it is overridden at the whim of the CEO) -Dodgy finances (pay-checks are often late--sometimes very late) -Promotions based more upon kissing rings than actual work -Lack of originality in approach to work (a lot of work is recycled) -Hostile environment for women -Disrespectful/unprofessional behaviour is pretty common-place -Poor use of technology (lots of random/shifting apps/programs while the main technology platforms are very out-of-date) -Employees are used as credit lines (expenses sometimes paid up to six months late)