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Interaction Design Foundation

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8 reviews
3.0
3 Nov 2023
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Pros

Flexible hours, Challenging and interesting work, Friendly and talented coworkers, Yearly team trips.

Cons

Intense siloing, Confusing leadership, High turnover. Inflexible roles. Troubling stories of employee treatment by management.

5.0
20 Jan 2024

Constant innovation coupled with a highly structured work enviroment

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Working with the IxDF has been quite an experience with a well-balanced mix of innovation and routine. The work is often dynamic and pushes boundaries in various areas. Constant innovation coupled with a highly structured work enviroment keeps things interesting, though it sometimes leads to a fast-paced environment that can be challenging. Challenging in the good way and where you grow. The culture here is inclusive, with a team that values diversity and collaboration. The flexibility in work hours is a plus. This aspect makes managing personal and professional life easier, contributing positively to overall job satisfaction. Professional development opportunities are constant and always-available, it just depends on your own thirst for learning and growth. Lots of diversity of projects offers a chance to learn and grow, but it’s up to you to show that you're willing and capable of growing. Team collaboration is generally good, with diverse backgrounds contributing to a rich pool of ideas. However, this sometimes leads to differing opinions and approaches, which can be both a source of creativity and a challenge in reaching consensus. IxDF's values and mission is commendable. Being part of these initiatives is really personally fulfilling.

Cons

Overall, working at IxDF has its ups and downs like any other place of work. It’s a place of growth and challenge, suitable for those who value personal and professional growth and are comfortable navigating occasional ambiguities.

5.0
30 Sept 2024
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Pros

• Vision for excellence (company in a whole is very attentive for details) • Content focus approach (the user and the content are priorities) • Working with Education • Work directly with CEOs • Collaboration (and learning) from other fields/teams • Flexible hours • Annual worldwide team trips for collaborating together :)

Cons

• Remote Only has its own's disadvantages • All challenges of a growing team (ex: we usually need to help in other areas/teams... the Pros to this this, is that we learn more from other areas/fields)

5.0
17 July 2025

For professionals

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Pros

(9 months here) Since the beginning I was given freedom and trust in my professionalism and methods, There is a lot to learn at first, but the onboarding process is gradual and very well planned. There are great and genuine people on the team, every concern is taken seriously, every question feels safe to ask. For me - It is an introvert heaven with working remotely, having flexible hours and minimal contact. I like 'the constant growth' idea - If you are curious, the company is encouraging to broaden your horizons and research new tools that may help in your work. Great environment for ambitious people!

Cons

People here seems so interesting that I would love to have more opportunities to get to know them.

5.0
23 Mar 2021
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Pros

-= An extraordinary mission =- If you're ambitious and want to make this world a better living place - work in the Interaction Design Foundation is your chance! The main goal of the company is to share meaningful knowledge that could help make our world better with hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. You'll be able to make your contribution. -= Amazing culture =- An amazing culture with continuous improvement. Open communication, transparent processes of everything, accessible CEOs, long-term goals instead of just getting an instant reward, constant personal growth, and a great place to become a better version of yourself, organic growth of the entire company, and many other benefits of the culture. -= Best colleagues ever =- It's one of many other reasons why work in the Interaction Design Foundation could be the best workplace. I have amazing colleagues who are: - Very senior and dedicated professionals with strong skill sets in different specializations. Often, the world's best professionals in the industry. So I'm able to learn from them and proud to work with them. - Intrinsic-motivated people with a very high self-responsibility and self-discipline. - Friendly and open-for-communication people from different countries. It's a great chance for me to learn about other cultures and get new friends from different corners of the world. - Always ready to help: I can expect any kind of help from all of them. - People who are inspiring, motivating, supporting. -= Ownership of your own work =- You'll be able to take ownership of your own work if you do what’s best for the organization. You will be able to plan your work by yourself if you use independent judgment to prioritize tasks and have enough responsibility to execute. -= Other bonuses =- Flexible work hours and the opportunity to work from any place on the planet with a good internet connection. Team-trips to different places all around the world (before the pandemic situation). The flexibility of a small team with very high effectiveness and efficiency at the same time. Compensations for a gym, paid sick days.

Cons

Work in the Interaction Design Foundation requires people to be very self-disciplined, self-motivated, responsible, and executive. Not a disadvantage at all, but you have to understand expectations. The onboarding process could be a little bit stressful because you'll have to set a lot of accounts, a lot of guidelines/instructions to read, learn new services and applications. But you'll have your onboarding buddy who helps you with everything.

1.0
3 Oct 2023

Don't sacrifice your mental health

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Pros

Flexible hours, team trips to exotic locations

Cons

Their sneaky behavior. They want to maintain a squeaky-clean image at all costs, but the reality is very different. I did my best and went above and beyond to reach my goals, and I did. I was enjoying my job. But doing your best is never enough, and they will find a million excuses to justify getting rid of you. They will fire you and ask you to tell the team that you are resigning to "keep the team spirit up". You are not allowed to be upset of showing human emotions, let alone telling your side of the story because they see that as a threat. If you post a review somewhere the CEO will send you emails threatening your prospects, and saying how he will tell your future employers what a rotten apple you are. There are so many wrong things with them. They lack the emotional intelligence to deal with employees, who by the way, are contractors. When they dismiss you, they won't let you talk to your colleagues on your last days. Their handbook is cultish and they pretend to dictate what people do even in their spare time. They promote toxic positivity and every interaction is so fake. It is hard to tell whom to trust, despite their claims about how transparent and accessible they are. The employee turnover is too high for such a small company. They are so, so worried about giving a perfect image. But if they didn't behave behind doors in this way they needn't worry about negative reviews. They are also a fully for-profit organization, pretending to be this gift from heaven to humanity. I've seen a ridiculous number of people coming and going from this place, and it's never their fault; it's always someone taking advantage, or someone pretending to be an expert when not, or someone underperforming, or whatever reason to not acknowledge that they lack leadership, and that they struggle financially, wanting people to buy on their "mission" and collaborate for free. They need to be held accountable but because they own the company that will never happen. This has been the most unethical, unprofessional, and all-around frightening experience I've had with an employer.

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Interaction Design Foundation Response
2y
Dear C. You’ve now posted 5 consecutive 1-star reviews in intervals of a few days. You’ve called management “sociopathic” and written statements such as “DON'T. BE. TRASH”. In the spirit of openness and factuality, we do want to gently note something about your case: we spent many, many months investing in attempting to get your performance to an acceptable level. A normal Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) takes a maximum of a month in most companies before they exit a person if the person cannot reach an acceptable level of performance. In your case, we went above and beyond our normal protocol for underperformers and spent roughly 4 months. We did it to keep you a part of our team, and it was with heavy hearts that we eventually needed to face facts, and part ways. In other words, two Team Leads as well as the co-CEO invested their time and company budgets for 4 months to try to get you to reach an acceptable level of performance. We believe we went above and beyond. With that said, we ask that you be respectful and professional in your communication. A factual and objective approach is best in these situations. Instead of using bitter or vague language, one could provide specific and concrete examples of what went wrong and how we could do better. This way, we can have a more productive and meaningful conversation. We understand that emotions can run high when you are dissatisfied. We understand that when a job does not work out, it can hurt. We wish you the very best.
1.0
10 Nov 2018

Learned a lot... for better and worse

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Pros

Processes are certainly in place. Salary is fair. Flexible hours. Remote work from home.

Cons

Micro-management style of working or no direction at all, always in extremes. OCD in a non-positive sense. No true (people) management . No overarching big picture of what the company wants to do. So far into the minutiae that larger important issues are ignored or badly managed. No senior level staff. Chaotic at times. Cult-ish atmosphere and quite a lot of turnover.

5.0
4 Mar 2021
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I've learned so much as part of the team. When I started working at IxDF, I didn't had much experience in the field of UX Design, which didn't matter as much as I work on a more technical role. However, from day one I was introduced to fantastic content as part of my onboarding process that would teach me the basics and most of the working knowledge I needed. From there on, the support from the team and overall the collaboration environment was fantastic. The team is made up of people from different countries, so you can always expect different point of view and interesting conversations. From the first day, all my teammates were very respectful of my time and asked which hours worked best for me to meet and to overlap when tasks required to. It's been a while since I dragged my feet off bed to jump into a meeting ;) There are lots of flexibility and freedom when it comes to "how" you do your work, from a technical perspective, rules are standardized and conventions are constantly shared and known by the team. The team has a nice atmosphere where everyone can share and discuss their best practices

Cons

Sometimes the productivity focus can feel overwhelming, we have good and bad days and on bad days it feels difficult to reach the expected productivity measure.

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Interaction Design Foundation Response
5y
I’m glad you have taken the time to write this review. We're really proud of our team (you!) and the amazing course platform/community/platform/codebase/online school you have built. We truly do our best to make sure people of all countries and backgrounds have a place at the IxDF and are thrilled that has been your experience. We have put our hearts and souls into the onboarding process you mentioned - and the culture course which go along - so I am personally enthusiastic that the onboarding worked so well for you. But …. “never satisfied”. We’ll keep improving it. I understand your comments regarding the emphasis we place on productivity. We can get caught up in productivity improvements and forget that there will be bad days. This will happen from time to time to every team member, no matter how senior the person. What’s important, is to treat those days as a learning opportunity, not as a defeat. Be extra kind to yourself on those days. Do extra self-care, and remind yourself that good self-care/fun/etc. is the mother of productivity. So put your emphasis on fun and self-care on the bad days ;-) Sending lots of positive thoughts!
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