WRNS Studio Reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(59 total reviews)
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Jeff Warner

70% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

WRNS Studio has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 59 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The WRNS Studio 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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59 reviews
2.0
24 July 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Smart coworkers with very diverse and interesting backgrounds. You can always certainly learn something new from your coworkers in this office! If you're lucky (and get access to a partner), you can get staffed on an interesting project. Paid is good, compared to the market average.

Cons

The office is very political and provides little to no support to new employees in navigating the political jungle here. Favoritism and gossip are rampant. You can be a so-so employee and get promoted if you become buddy with one of the partners. You can also be a great dedicated employee and stuck doing the same thing again and again. There are a lot of people who talk but don't do and take credits for other people's work. As the office is growing to more than 130 employees, people start to form smaller exclusive groups. If you are new, it can make you feel isolated and lost. The office operates on 2 paradoxes: (1) it is extremely difficult to move to another group if you don't like your current project and studio group or (2) you will be bounced around to different tasks for different projects without continuity, consistency, and accountability. Also, no evaluation of any sort available to the employees - you'll have to seek out feedback yourself (that is, if you manage to get a hold of your super busy boss!)

1.0
25 Mar 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits and perks, decent pay

Cons

WRNS is plagued by politics. People are overworked and completely stressed out, uninspired and tired. People who have stuck around are on edge, snappy (honestly, you can’t blame them because their daily work lives are mostly comprised of situations where they are “putting out fires” created by the poor leadership). You never know what you’ll get each day, communication is absolute chaos, expectations are not set and demands are made at the whim of the partners. The revered partners don’t have a progressive molecule in their bodies. Take a look at their leadership photo on the website and note a sea of men and 3 women, one of which is in HR, and the other one that is actually involved with projects is impossible to work with. She is accomplished but has a long-spanning reputation of being the “horrible queen bee”. She is especially vicious toward other women, unfortunate considering she is supposed to be in a mentorship role. Multiple women have asked to never work with her again, and I personally know a young designer who decided to leave the industry entirely because of the way she was mistreated by this same person many years ago. If you're looking to move up in this firm then prepare to invest 60+ hours per week to get those first few promotions. I would keep looking if you're considering this place.

1.0
17 July 2015

One of the worst places I've worked

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting projects, flexible work hours (if you can take advantage), decent benefits, snacks.

Cons

arrogant and unappreciative firm leadership, horrible training procedures, management not willing to provide appropriate training so that new staff can do their job well, management willing to throw employees under the bus to protect themselves. Very cliquey. In general, an awful work environment.

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