ATLANTA: Bullies Masked as Southern Hospitality
Pros
1. To be apart of one of the top financial grossing interior design companies in the world 2. Good healthcare coverage
Cons
1. VERY corporate - NOT a fun and collaborative design working environment like they want you to think it is 2. TOXIC management in the Atlanta office; very high school, mean girls situation...and if you aren't their friend - you will know quickly. They make fun of people behind their backs/talk awful about all coworkers, belittle their staff and say inappropriate/demeaning comments all the time (especially in their "management"meetings) 3. The Atlanta MD's best friends (from outside of work), who she hired from her previous company, are under her management umbrella and 2 of them are complained about ALL THE TIME about their rude behavior, inability to work with and hostile working techniques...but, nothing happens to them and their positions because the MD doesn't report those complaints to HQ; so, any complaints about her best friends never go beyond her ears and instead those employees get huge bonuses and are praised and told to corporate that they are huge, valuable assets to IA (and why wouldn't they believe the MD?) 4. This is NOT a design office, I repeat: THIS IS NOT A DESIGN OFFICE - the only projects that come out of the IA Atlanta office are TI level work or supporting to other larger IA offices to continue or help on projects from them. Do not think you will work in this office and "design" or have fun, no matter how they might make their projects seem. It is production, production, production on a low budget project (paint and carpet) OR helping document/support other offices work.