Young grads stay away - Anonymous employee SMALLWOOD Employee Review

1.0
11 Apr 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

There were some nice professional people who worked here but very very few of them.

Cons

As a fresh graduate I accepted a job here as a cad drafter. I got SO burnt out that I started having health problems and had to quit. They really treated me like a grunt. CAD work can be very exhausting/taxing but they don't seem to care, they just kept throwing more and more redlines at me to pick up No appreciation was shown young grads are just disposable tools. Young people... stay away from this toxic place! They will burn you out, use you.... Projects are about as uninspiring and mediocre. But this is what happens when you have a staff of homogenous yuppy preppy males.

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SMALLWOOD Response
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Dear Former Employee – thank you for your comments. It is disappointing that our diverse practice was not a good fit for you. We do not wish for anyone to be in a place that does not draw out the best in them. A healthy work/life balance is important to us and would ask that wherever you are that you reach out to your employer, HR or a co-worker if you are overwhelmed. As this comment was submitted several years ago, we hope you have landed in a place where you can succeed.

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