DCA Design Reviews

The benefits of DCA are in competition with the Heads of Practices - during my time there I constantly felt that there was a fight between the Heads (who I respected and was definitely inspired by) and the Management (who I was bored by, who had old thinking and who also didn't even know my name). The real problem at DCA is that there is very little 'fresh' talent. There are people at DCA who have been there for 20 years - while this is good in some respects, there is a very 'content' and 'good enough' culture, not exactly inspiring. It also means there is a tired way of thinking about design, one that is simply not the way the industry is today and is why it is unlikely that DCA will ever be a true competitor to the big international consultancies.

Not sure why there are so many positives reviews in the last few months - must be the directors writing them... It was a redundant role with no progression and low salary. The directors micromanaged the hell out of everything. I couldn't even post a tweet without a director looking at it. Had to sit through meetings with directors who think they know everything and want to hear from the 'experts'- not you. As an assistant role, this should have been a managers job dealing with difficult directors who spoke appallingly to management to the point of my manager leaving.