Pros
- Great opportunity for new designers to learn and grow, if you are driven - Some good people that work here - Cool office space
Cons
- Very slow to move on latest design trends and technologies. You have to seek this out for yourself if you wish to grow and keep the company up to date. - Imbalance of workload. Some people are working much harder than others and there's not much that can be done about it. - Not the best culture. On paper, it sounds fine, but most days it is all about putting your head down and meeting deadlines. Company-sponsored events happen maybe once or twice a year. Little opportunity to meet others in different departments depending on where you work. - The company puts a large focus on money, which makes sense. But this often happens at the expense of finding the right types of clients and types of work, which ends up hurting many parties in the long run. This applies to client work but also things like employee benefits (or lack thereof). - Senior management adds another complexity to the client feedback loop, making it difficult to pass off a product you can be proud of, and makes the process drag on longer than it should. Often we have to compromise on good design because senior management has an idea that they think will be a better upsell opportunity. - The web design process can be very siloed. Often times the designer just blindly passes off designs to the development team, and a lot of problems occur during and after the website review period.