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Nicholas Design Build

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Terrible company - Employee Nicholas Design Build Employee Review

1.0
16 June 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Unfortunately there are none .

Cons

Severely underpaid in relation to the amount of work and type of work that was expected of me. There is no pay structure whatsoever. You could be making the exact same amount as someone in a position under you doing less work. The environment is toxic and cliquey. They live by their double standards and treat their employees unfairly. Certain employees were allowed to slack off while being rewarded and put on a pedestal/given raises and more opportunities. I witnessed uncomfortable situations between our employer and fellow employees more than once. They have this “family” mentality but never have I witnessed so much talk and disrespect between employees about one another. There are absolutely no boundaries. One of the managers felt extremely comfortable talking about fellow employees and speaking poorly about the owner. It made you feel unsafe as an employee because you had no idea what they were saying or making up about you behind your back.

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5.0
8 Aug 2025
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Pros

Family-owned business that supports one another. Fun and creative working environment, Lots of vacation time and competitive pay. Flexible with work and home life balance. Fun coworkers and staff appreciation events, lunches etc!

Cons

none that I can think of

2.0
8 June 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Job description is typically an exact description of what you actually do. The employees that are left are truly amazing people for the most part.

Cons

You know it’s bad when your CFO & best friend leaves the company for something else. The owner says he wants everyone’s opinion, but unless it aligns with his own, you’re wrong. Or he’ll tell you no, then later on take the idea as his own. 3 years ago there were maybe 5 employees. I’m just a year and a half it grew to 25+ employees and one of the 25 fastest growing companies in Indy…. Yet the owner has let go of almost every single person that actually helped grow the implant to that level. For a company of 25-30, there have been at least 7-10 people that have been fired because really they were willing to voice a different opinion from the owner, or just left because it became such a toxic environment. I left because I saw it coming. They are declining, and fast. Save yourself and just don’t apply. And don’t let the owner make you believe otherwise, because he treats every new employee like they are the greatest thing for about 2-3 months - really just until he knows you’ll actually stick around and he has you believing in their “family atmosphere” and “family-like culture.” Don’t fall for it. When I started, it was all true. But things have changed and it is not like that anymore. It’s sad, truly, because there was so much potential, and in the beginning, I felt blessed to be apart of the team and the company….

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