Does Bates Smart Architects pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Bates Smart Architects employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Bates Smart Architects. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Bates Smart Architects?

86% of Bates Smart Architects employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Bates Smart Architects 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Bates Smart Architects?

Architect (8) , Interior Designer (6) , Graduate Architect (4) , Architectural Designer (3) , Associate (2) , Graduate Student (2) , Graduate of Architecture (2) , Student of Architecture (2)

What are the pros of working at Bates Smart Architects according to real employee reviews?

"Great culture" ((in 6 reviews))

Bates Smart Architects Reviews

4.0

86% would recommend to a friend

(43 total reviews)

76% positive business outlook

Bates Smart Architects has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 43 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bates Smart Architects employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, repair and maintenance industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

43 reviews

5.0

17 Jan 2026

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It administrator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good team to work with.

Cons

Busy and high-pressure at times.

5.0

16 Oct 2025

Great Place to Work

Associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Great culture and people, good learning environment. Facilities and management generally very good.

Cons

Some long hours, and some loose management around deadlines

5.0

19 May 2025

Good company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

- Hands on Directors - High profile projects. Clients that care about high quality design - Solid architects/ project leaders - Cares about quality (from design to construction) - Good office culture. Allow flexible working hours - Great knowledge sharing with different interest groups

Cons

- long working hours dependent on project - perceivably "conservative" design strategy, mostly driven by clients - mentoring is lacking at times - junior staff gets pigeon-hole like any large practices. Though this has improved in recent years.

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