Pros
The principal of this company is a successful designer who holds very high standards for his staff. His firm produces quality projects and is reputation is well-known and respected in the industry. He is firm with clients, a quality rare in the design industry. In many instances he appears to be a charming and friendly person. He offers 100% paid health insurance, eight US holidays, and sick/personal/vacation days as per individual contracts, that continues to increase every year after the first two years of employment.
Cons
business sometimes. He is verbally abusive, regularly yelling at female staff in the office space. This treatment happens for male staff too, but less frequently. The environment is extremely quiet, desks are surrounded by very high walls that form very closed-off cubicles, preventing any connection or collaboration with adjacent colleagues. His senior staff regularly gossip about him behind his back. They don't actively encourage learning and development of junior staff and provide little to no guidance, instead, expecting their skills to be of senior level. There is a regular, tense, negative atmosphere in the space. He regularly fires staff at whim, those who have been with the company for a short period of time or those who have been with him for several years. There are many resignations.