Flailing Company - Interior Designer Havenly Employee Review

1.0
5 Jan 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

If you’re young and eager to get some independent projects under your belt for 1-5 months and have your parents credit card, this is a fine gig to take on for an extra $100-500 a month

Cons

Any designers looking to make more than $1000 a month, while having any integrity or taste- STOP RIGHT HERE. There is no amount of work or customer service you can deliver to make Havenly or your client happy. You are required to source from their flimsy and bad quality family of brands in order to make .1% commission. Keep in mind a usual interior designer makes 25-40% commission on products. The discounts they offer clients are less than market value, cashing any internet savvy client (everyone they service) to shop elsewhere. They don’t offer designers photoshop or CAD, the two main softwares needed to present a design presentation. They require designers to pay for these, or use comically bad room designer websites that are off scale and subpar. It truly is a matter of weeks or months until this company flounders. And I will be thrilled. It’s a scam for clients- and no person with a good conscience can work for Havenly.

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5.0
13 Nov 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Flexibility - Independence - Designer Support

Cons

- Low Pay - No Room for Advancement

2.0
8 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Work from home on a mostly flexible schedule - Good for early career or even design students to build a portfolio and client experience.

Cons

- Extremely low pay. Project-based, not hourly. No additional pay for bigger projects or picky clients who want unlimited redesigns. When you do get commission, it's at extremely low rates, 1%-5%. However, there were frequent problems with orders that are part of the system you have no control over, which meant clients canceled and decided they wouldn't buy anything through the platform again, and you got no commission, even though they still asked for ongoing support and resourcing for out-of-stock items. My average hourly rate worked out to about $15, including base pay and commissions. - Tight deadlines and required continuous client onboarding, so not a low-key side hustle. - No career growth opportunities. - No benefits. (unless you count discounted furniture, but with that salary, you still can't afford most of the things you want)

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