its really hard to explain the mood at thinkwell. on the one hand anyone can say anything but if you do you will be among the first to be laid off in the next round of layoffs and there are always layoffs coming up. a lot of people work really hard at thinkwell even though they know their work will never be used in the end. if they could say what they think at meetings they would say that their current work is not what the client needs and offer alternatives, but again, layoffs. so most people just do the work theyre told to do even though they know it will never be used.
theres been a lot of restructuring lately. the main difference now is that you must act like its made a huge difference and made everything better if you dont want to be part of the next round of layoffs. attitude is really important at thinkwell.
they have an employee improvement program. some senior designers went through it. but when regular employee try to do it the company realizes that while they are working on their self-improvement project theyre not making any money for the company and again it makes them first candidates for layoffs. id advise anyone to stay away from the employee improvement program unless youre already very senior.
pretty much everyone there is looking for another job in some way or another except for the most senior designers or most senior management.
