Big and small - Senior Project Designer HOK Employee Review

4.0
28 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

good projects, good teams, decent pay and benefits

Cons

A small group controls everything and have a high turn over. Long hours expected and quality of work is not as good as they think it is. Clinets are not happy, and there is a lot of unhappy people. A lot of brownwashing and greenwashing- all talk

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5.0
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Cons

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2.0
3 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great overall office culture in Atlanta. Health benefits are average for a larger firm. Good mentorship program and lots of tools at your disposal form day one. Structured hybrid 2/3 work schedule.

Cons

Favoritism in Atlanta Interiors is evident. Exclusionary in some regards to people who don't quite fit in. Resource planning is fly by night and unstructured, causing some people to be over worked while others just coast by. Work agreements between office locations prevents ease of resource scheduling. Pay is sub-par for a firm of this size. CEO partnership is a joke, old school mentality keeping the firm from having a single female CEO. Path to advancement is not clear at most levels.

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