Toxic Founders - Cheap Culture - Senior Architect X-Architects Employee Review

1.0
28 Apr 2023
Recommend
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Pros

The office is in a good location on Sheikh Zayed Road, cant think of anything else positive

Cons

The founders are unfit to practice architecture let alone run an architectural practice. Farid is a manipulative, cheap, arrogant, and a total scam. He is the master of micromanaging people and bullying them until they burn out. Ahmed is immature and delusional about his capabilities and skill. He believes he is great, in reality he wont even qualify as a intermediate level architect in a decent architectural firm. He is also loud and disrespectful very often. In terms of project experience, X Architects has very rearly got to past the concept stage of a project (that is not a private villa) and not got a termination letter from the client.

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4.0
21 Feb 2026
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Pros

embracing creative and collaborating culture seniors are humble and down to earth and willingness to train junior subordinates

Cons

fast pace long working hours

3.0
9 Dec 2025
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Pros

Decent salaries, OK workload, WFH

Cons

Complicated internal management, slow feedback loops, unfair compensation and raises for most recently joining staff

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