Doblin Reviews

in the London team: - we lost our dedicated studio space, and it was impossible to maintain studio culture - constant clashing with the strategy consulting group over pricing, cultural norms, staffing rules, etc. A general feeling of being misunderstood and under-appreciated - missing business and sales leadership - it's not so easy to do the business development side of innovation strategy work, and we never had leadership that was able to make use of the Deloitte network in the way promised when Doblin was acquired. - Deloitte's weird fragmented business model meant that the Doblin global community got weaker and weaker and ties between Doblin practitioners got lost. This is a big shame!

- Zero use of data or quantitative insights - Horrible work life balance, especially when you take into account how little you are being paid and how much you are expected to travel - Horrible senior leadership who are terrifyingly cruel to juniors. They don't look after high achievers or poor performers alike and it creates a competitive, dog eat dog mindset amongst juniors too. If you're looking to work at Doblin, make sure you find the kindest SM or Partner in your region and focus on doing good work for them and getting re-staffed with them. It's the safest way of surviving there.