If you want to go to work feeling miserable about yourself, then sign up! But most designers want an inspiring and fun work environment. This position by far has been one of the most uninspiring companies I have ever worked for. The company has absolutely no interest in the employees' skills or interest in supporting growth. I worked at Paper Cut Clothing LLC for 4 months, and I went to this job every day hating it and stressed out. Not only are you completely overworked with unpaid overtime, even though they claim that is one of their "perks" at the company. ( When I got into the job...I was told by my manager that they would have to sign off on this. ) But you are expected to be a machine and work in a sweat shop-like environment and produce an unrealistic about of detail pages/CADs. The manager of my team also preferred to micromanage anything remotely creative, and had me file invoices and do a millions different tasks all at once which was obviously impossible.
There is absolutely no structure or schedule that was introduced to me, other then their multiple excel sheets. When I was on boarded, I was pretty much expected to understand their "imaginary design" system. They definitely should give a good look into getting a PLM system because it would fix a magnitude of issues.
There was absolutely zero creativity in this position, even though I was told I would be using my creativity such as creating ORIGINAL prints by hand-drawing and painting in the interview. I was pretty much misled because when I got into the role...the company was already buying all their print designs. They pretty much just hired me to be a robot and to put the prints into repeat, index them, and change the colors a bit on a PC computer. Talk about uninspiring! The job was highly uncreative! Furthermore, they don't even want to hire more designers. So, they pretty much put the workload of 3 designers onto 1 designer, and expect them to not drown in the unmanageable workload.
Also the two CEOs that run it are sexist and they don't know what they are doing.
(Studio Nazar, Paper Cut Clothing LLC., Pink Rose Clothing, and Olive & Oak, are all under the same ownership.) In fact, they have no idea of actually how to run their company or business. They definitely do not keep up on fashion trends. They also do not care about anyone, especially their employees, as they just expect you to show up and do the work without a moment to breathe.
I would not recommend this company to any recent BFA graduate, as you will be highly discouraged and completely miserable everyday because you literally need ZERO creativity for this job. Staying positive and motivated at this job was one of the most difficult aspects at this company. Oh, and if you have started a new job there, I would advise you to quit as soon as you start hating your job!
It is not worth having this job at in the industry at. If you are looking for good experience and a fun job, do not come here. Freelancing is a way better option. That's what I am doing now, and having the time of my life!
I would not recommend this company to anyone that is a designer. Especially if you invested money into your BFA degree, there are so many better places to work for in the industry.
