Pros
Good exposure to some of the best brand names in the business, riding on former reputation
Cons
This place is falling apart now that the founding partner has stepped back. Everything that was successful has now been destroyed through their incompetence and terrible management skills, so what’s left is dysfunctional chaos. Where to start? - Managers are micromanaging control freaks who are incapable of making a decision yet have zero trust in employees, particularly at senior/management level. - Boss suffers from a personality disorder and I have seen so many talented people driven away by her emotional abuse, toxic harassment and manipulation — playing favourites, constantly telling people they are worthless, pitting employees against one another, etc. - Due to insecurities and lack of decisiveness, boss has a habit of redesigning projects from scratch at every stage of submission, forcing designers and PMs to be stuck in an endless hellish feedback loop of revisions with no end in sight. The amount of abortive work has to be seen to be believed. - A complete lack of structure, workflow or communication makes it impossible to do your job (or even understand your job scope), yet you’ll be blamed when things go wrong. - No career advancement as they don’t believe in job positions — another way of saying they can’t be bothered to figure out their management structure. - Employees are treated with suspicion and micromanaged like children. Forgot to finger scan on your way out? They will actually check the CCTV footage. You’ll also be fined for being late and having a messy desk. It’s not surprising that employee morale is at an all-time low and turnover is through the roof.