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SHoP Architects Reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(77 total reviews)

Christopher Sharples

100% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

SHoP Architects has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 77 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SHoP Architects employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, repair and maintenance industry (3.7 stars).

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77 reviews
3.0
24 July 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Talented coworkers, good projects, opportunity (not guarantee) to learn a lot quickly compared to other offices. Good place for a young person who knows what they're getting in to (and plan to get out in 2-4 years).

Cons

Unlike self image, the social culture is very cold and impersonal. Everyone is replaceable yet competing for fleeting and insubstantial approval. Self destructive partner behavior. Partner inattention to projects in documentation phases and construction. Bizarrely still extremely focused on bringing in development work. Inability to retain experienced staff, low pay. High turnover in last 1.5 years, hemorrhaging experienced staff and no sign of change. No functional HR, little attention to individuals goals or problems and little self reflection. Self destructive working culture where long hours are encouraged/expected and rarely rewarded. Damaging culture for personal or family life.

2.0
19 June 2016

More bad times than good, disillusioning overall

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- abundant resources for in-house fabrication and new software - specialized directors to aid project teams - diverse range of project typologies and scales

Cons

- project teams are consistently understaffed with unrealistic deadlines - no clear direction for career development of young employees - office culture is aggressive and at times condescending - management is inexperienced and defensive - high turnover rate

3.0
11 Apr 2017
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

The (few) good people are great. The beer. The Pinball Machine and VR. Office culture outside of work is good. (Some) projects are still interesting. The VDC unit is doing good work.

Cons

Forget your life, you will have none if you work here, the ones that made it at SHoP have no life outside the office. Mostly banal projects as of now, the ethos of innovation is gone, mostly taking on bread and butter projects to grease the machine. Brutal competitiveness between peers, who often throw each other under the bus to climb a step on the ladder. Inefficient and inexperienced senior management that got to places through favoritism. Ugly hierarchy of pointing fingers.

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