Smart Design Reviews

2.5

30% would recommend to a friend

(69 total reviews)

Davin Stowell

31% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

Smart Design has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 69 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Smart Design employee rating is 33% below average for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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69 reviews
2.0
11 Oct 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good location Friendly HR knew how to talk

Cons

Owner not pleasent person Was first told I was selected then told I wasn't.

1.0
3 Nov 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free bagels Good Junior/Mid-level team Nice views

Cons

Director team have no idea Senior management always passing blame to junior members Extreme back stabbing Business has no brand or real focused direction Staff continually leaving

2.0
10 Apr 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

+ Great people at lower to mid levels of the company + Occasional fun events thrown for staff + Projects can be enjoyable and challenging with the right team members

Cons

- I felt it was a very political climate - It is my opinion that senior leadership have no idea how to grow the company or what the company is trying to be - Heavy emphasis on the company "culture" despite this being, in my opinion, extremely poor, political and in definite need of an overhaul - Senior project leads/managers seemed unable to keep to project budgets and I felt that they were consistently looking for scapegoats in younger or less-senior staff to protect themselves - I felt that some staff were very cunning and it appeared to me that some very unprofessional tactics were used to oust team members that refused to simply be "yes men" - I noticed that senior staff do not like to be questioned or have their ideas challenged - Company is still riding off of the success of one design from around 20 years ago and I don't feel they have really produced anything as noteworthy since then - It seemed to me that the company was unable to win bids with reputable clients - and I felt the level of client has been dropping over the past few years

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