Pros
High profile projects in exciting destinations Exceptional chief operating officer
Cons
Overall "luxury" design aesthetic not as made to measure as website touts No sense of urgency from owners, blasé attitude, non-extant transference of crucial information received from clients to owners to any other team members Office space extremely disorganised and over-crowded Director level under experienced for their role and not exposed to working at any other office, no international experience, very poor management related responsibilities such as poor establishment of objectives and priorities Director level performance and behaviour fell very short of required standard for their positions, including, but not limited to the following: 1 ) ineffective staff allocation and scheduling tasks 2) poor demonstration in ability to anticipate and resolve problems 3) poor ability to adapt to changes and contribute to effective use of resources 4) not effective in delegating work 5) very poor analysis for corrective measure for financial deviations as they pertain to contracts (change orders) 6) poor communication skills both internal transparency and as it related to their display of oral and written communication skills 7) poor ability to present information in a clear and concise way 8) undependable and unreliable attendance and punctuality 9) inability to meet established schedules and deadlines -- submissions were often late 10) poor follow up with team work progress 11) poor interaction and negative relationships with peers and junior staff 12) poor cooperation 13) ineffective team building skills 14) people not treated with respect 15) failure to learn appropriate new-work related skills and procedures from those more experienced 16) very poor supervision of employees in terms of training, guiding and assisting junior staff 17) lack of motivation for employees to perform effectively 18) inability to resolve personnel-related problems effectively 19) poor design decision making such as sound, practical and workable design solutions, very inconsistent logic, often contradictory with subsequent iterations 20) general lack of technical skills from interior architectural knowledge and FF&E skill set to lack of control of design process Unfortunately, one is required to mark at least one "star" above otherwise I would have marked zero.