Does WHY Architecture pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, WHY Architecture employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at WHY Architecture. This rating has decreased by 10% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at WHY Architecture?

50% of WHY Architecture employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated WHY Architecture 2.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.6 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at WHY Architecture?

Architectural Designer (5) , Designer (5) , Junior Architect (2)

What are the pros of working at WHY Architecture according to real employee reviews?

"some people are nice, but not the leader" ((in 4 reviews))

WHY Architecture Reviews

3.0

50% would recommend to a friend

(20 total reviews)

49% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (20 reviews)

WHY Architecture has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 20 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The WHY Architecture employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, repair and maintenance industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

20 reviews

2.0

15 Mar 2017

Stale Work Environment--Overworked Staff

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Lots of museum projects. Large scale public projects.

Cons

The office is dead quiet all of the time. No one talks to each other. It is an office of robots. Prepare to work 10-12 hours per day and feel like you've gotten nothing out of it. They work you like a slave. Bosses are uncommunicative, bad designers, rigid, and love to overwork staff for no particular reason. You are encouraged to take whatever verbal abuse comes your way.

1.0

30 Sept 2020

Agressive office culture

Designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Design of block projects and galleries

Cons

Management is self-interested. Stressful environment. Looking at employees as robots not humans. Moving on soon....

WHY Architecture Response

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We appreciate your feedback. We take your comments seriously and would welcome a conversation to learn more about your experience. Please contact me or your team leader so that we can address your concerns. In the meantime, we will continue our efforts to improve our commitment to the company culture and values of collaboration, empathy, and happiness. - COO

1.0

4 Oct 2016

Designer

Architectural designer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

It's a pretty chill environment. The people are pretty nice. The pay is ok. Great location.

Cons

The top designers/supervisors are horrible designers! They act like they've done such great work but then you look at their design work and you're like...ummm...it's a box! It's very unclear what design style the firm is trying to represent. In my interview they said they were more of a minimalist firm but trying to do more. So I found it to be a very confusing environment. I was there when the other founder of the company Yo Hakomori up and quit! Sitting in on design reviews with the two owners and the clients...I think Yo Hakomori and I thought more eye to eye about what the client wanted but the other owner Kulapat always was headed in a completely different direction. Kulapat is one of those guys who can and will talk intelligently about his masterpiece...the box! I hate to say it but designing a box is not design!

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