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CallisonRTKL

Part of Arcadis

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Interior Designer - Senior Designer CallisonRTKL Employee Review

1.0
30 Mar 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Good starter if you are out of college. Good exposure. Friendly coworkers, great team (nyc office).

Cons

Not rewarding. Management either doesn't have a power or doesn't care about team's progress and growth. Higher level positions offer better benefits, forget if you are a designer or senior designer. There are activities and study workshops offered but again higher level employees are priority. No bonuses also. They promise you better opportunities and promotion next season, and come up with better excuse year after year. If you are a good and quick 'producer' management will keep you in the lower position so you can keep producing. Design? Forget about the design. In this firm the board of directors cares about the numbers and results, design comes but as a secondary factor. I also found young people around me, coming straight from college not as ambitious and motivated. No desire for good architecture! Do your research and look somewhere else!!!

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Cons

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Pros

* Opportunities to work on international projects and for new employees to freely share their ideas. * Leadership that not only guides design but also supports employees in becoming better professionals and people. * A great LA office environment with a fitting salary. * An office team with excellent skills and knowledge, and great teams that are easy to work with.

Cons

It seems that incorporating more trend-forward designs could lead to even better results, but as a newcomer, I found it challenging to overcome the established methods and the specific direction and style clients wanted. Nonetheless, they consistently delivered solid outcomes.

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