The Worst Job Ever - Anonymous employee Native Design Employee Review

1.0
18 Oct 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Their office location is good

Cons

Run by a CEO who struggles to relinquish any control, staff are micromanaged by a leadership team who are involved in the granular detail of every task. Native refuses to establish an internal structure or clarify individual roles, resulting in an archaic workplace with little accountability for projects. More often than not, several people will be asked to work on the same task without knowledge of each other’s involvement wasting time and resource. With no established line of authority, no induction process and very little diversity throughout the company, joining Native was truly a baptism of fire. A selection of the things I overheard whilst at Native: “He is like someone who has been locked in a basement too long and gets overexcited when he’s let out to meet clients.” “The staff turnover here is so high that we stopped getting to know new people because they’re normally gone within a few months.” “Those glasses are a bit gay.” (One of the leadership team to a member of staff) “If you can survive the first 6 months, it tends to get better.”

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5.0
9 July 2018
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Pros

- Fun and talented group to work with. - Great opportunity to improve skills and design thinking. - Good variety of projects. - Leadership pushes you to step out of comfort zone. - Leadership mentorship valuable if you seek it out.

Cons

- Projects can feel rushed and lack closure. - Politics can muddle atmosphere, having HQ in London.

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2.0
19 June 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Interesting projects from wide array of different industries -Young, still developing environment

Cons

-Weak digital design process and execution. -Stifling office atmosphere and structure. -Virtually no project management and planning. -Some of the directors are generally capable but cant say that for the rest of the team. -Most of team left in dark as to strategies and decisions of those made by directors and management in a room upstairs.

4
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