User Researcher - Senior Innovation Consultant Doblin Employee Review

1.0
4 Oct 2014
Recommend
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Pros

- pioneer in user-centered design innovation developing some industry-leading methods - Ten Types of Innovation framework still relevant and useful tool

Cons

- losing its core design innovation capabilities and turning into a management consultancy - low to no involvement from Doblin legacy employees with many leaving on an almost daily basis - former Monitor leaders now in charge and don't have knowledge, experience or appreciation for design - COO is clueless and tries to present a positive spin on everything - behind the curve when it comes to design research

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5.0
29 June 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Love the methodology, freedom, and opened my eyes in my career

Cons

Still consulting so lots of short term projects and traveling

2.0
28 Jan 2019
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

- Doblin’s projects, budgets and clients are of a very high caliber and have the potential to result in great work. I’ve never had opportunities such as these to work on projects that truly have a global and meaningful impact. - Huge opportunity for designers to learn a more strategy focused approach - Amazing opportunities to collaborate with other areas of Deloitte in cross-functions deliveries (and I’ve seen these do well), and learn cross-functional skills in the process

Cons

- No culture or community (we don’t have any space, time, budget or commitment to create a community. Most people work remotely Mon-Thurs and from home in Fri) - ~70% travel (this is often BAU travel 3-4 days a week regardless of any real need for relocation) - Hours range from project to project but when travelling most people work 9am till midnight with 1-2 hours for dinner - No room for progressive or innovative thinking due to under-scoping of time and resources on projects. The project sweat-shop model is not conducive to creating good, innovative human centred design work

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