The president sits and watches Fox News when he even bothers coming to the office. Has issues with his anger and trouble feeling genuine happiness or empathy toward staff who work hard for him.
Another principal goes out of her way to make people look bad, she uses tactics including withholding information to purposely make people fail, and then kicks them when they’re down. She selects a target and then picks at them, talks down to them, and makes them look bad in front of the entire office. Her target rotates every few months, everyone watches this happen and nothing is done to stop it, she was promoted to principal either in spite of, or perhaps due to, this behavior. Project managers get the bulk of this treatment, that’s why they rarely stay more than a year, but junior staff are not immune. The senior level people here are not interested in teaching junior staff so you will do work that you aren’t given feedback on. It could be amazing work, it could be terrible work, you will most likely never know.
There is zero trust between the ownership and other staff. They default to assuming the worst about people which makes it a depressing environment to be in.
Designs here are boring and derivative, led by an uninspired senior designer. You will be encouraged to reuse ideas, not to be creative. They don’t want you to waste time selecting new things when you can just grab some finishes from the last project.
The office has old fashioned rules and strict hours that are considered “really flexible” by the management. You can arrive between 8 and 9am and have to stay until 5 or 6pm, but you’re not working “hard enough” if you don’t arrive well before 8 am. Benefits are given and taken away on ownership’s whim. They’ll just send out an email saying you no longer get it and if it’s questioned you’ll be given the standard reply that it’s their right to take anything away they want. Don’t count on any benefits they promise.
