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      Gained valuable experience but in a stressful environment - Anonymous employee RKS Design Employee Review

      2.0
      Sep 22, 2016
      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Interesting projects, good range of clients Other designers were generally kind and talented Some level of independence Can choose focus area Learn a lot quickly Owner is a good salesman and can be personable (But when things go wrong, he is very difficult, near impossible to deal with. See in cons below.) I had some fun times and connected with coworkers, but overall I had a difficult time mostly from the stress given to management, which trickled down.

      Cons

      Business preys on young designers' willingness to work hard: Low start salaries, very few bonuses given, if any Location is far from LA central. Thousand Oaks is a conservative suburb. Long hours. Did not respect need for work/life balance Lack of mentorship, due to short timelines Owner lied pretty frequently, changed things at whim, sometimes undermining work of his own team in front of clients Owner clearly prioritizes the money he makes over employees' wellbeing Experienced designers who started at RKS, quit fairly quickly. If you do decide to work here, do not stay longer than 2 years. Any more is unhealthy.

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      RKS Design Response
      7y
      On behalf of myself, and my team, I'm disappointed to see this type of baseless remark. RKS's contributions of Psycho-Aesthetics (P/A) as an advanced Design Thinking Methodology is endorsed by Harvard, Wharton, the U.S. state Department and taught at various universities regularly; SCAD, CSULB,Pepperdine, UCLA, USC in addition to being shared globally through the Harvard Case study, the Harvard Classroom exercise, our business book in publication for over 8 years; Predictable Magic and our Method Book ; P/A which we use for client workshops and teaching. We proudly work pro-bono for and support multiple charities and have applied P/A to the creation of the first of its kind crowd funding social commerce start-up, LoanGifting.com to help 45 million people get out from under the burden of student debt. With hundreds of awards and being named on hundreds of patents, and clients who have been with us for decades, we strive for our individual team member's growth and success by providing mentorship, opportunity, full benefits, flex work hours, opportunity and have provided stock options in LoanGifting and RKS for team members.

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      5.0
      May 31, 2024
      Intern
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Co-workers are very friendly and knowledgable. People are willing to help you learn and grow.

      Cons

      I can't think of any.

      5.0
      Dec 24, 2015
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      I’ve been in the design industry for a little over 30 years now and worked with several design companies around the world. In this review, I have the luxury of comparing RKS to all those other design studios. Over the last couple years we’ve seen a lot of design consultancies sell or go out of businesses. It’s refreshing these days to see a firm like RKS not only survive but thrive for over 35 years. Even though RKS is one of the larger firms around it's still been able to keep a family-like vibe to it instead of feeling more corporate-like. Lance Hussey has been with RKS for over 25 years now and it’s cool to see a design leader like him pushing to make RKS a better firm and building our future design leaders. The consultancy side of design is challenging, tough, fast paced but also a lot of fun and rewarding. RKS is always looking for ways to improve and if you’re looking for a place where you can contribute to making it even better – than I’d take a look at RKS.

      Cons

      It's hard to point at Cons when you've seen the things I've seen at other studios around the world. Like I said earlier - I've been to a lot of studios and I've seen some extremes over the years. I think RKS has been the coolest one I've been at and hope to see it keeps that going on.

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      RKS Design Response
      10y
      Thank you for your fresh eye and comparison of RKS. We strive hard to provide the best possible experience for team members and clients alike.
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