Experiential Design Firm in need of a MAJOR rehaul - Anonymous employee ESI Design Employee Review

1.0
Oct 19, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

1) Apple shop 2) Nice Views from office 3) Office Candy Bowl 4) 2-3 decent trustworthy colleagues 5) 4 weeks vacation

Cons

1) Leadership team is filled with micro-managers who have been there FOREVER and think there way is the only way to get any job done 2) Leadership team stands in the hallways, bathroom, around the water cooler, in the pantry gossiping about employees making it very uncomfortable to work there 3) At least 5-6 rude, obnoxious, bitchy colleagues that have no clue what teamwork means 4) CIO and CEO is the same person - conflict of interest much? 5) ZERO investment in employee growth! Not one opportunity to grow your skill set 6) The Principal Designer, who is also the owner, has no idea how very little his leadership team actually invests in the organization. For a company with only 50 employees at any given time, the owner has no clue about how certain decisions about his employees are being made 7) The company has tried to grow over the last 5 years and have failed miserably year after year - yet they continue to make the same mistakes year in year out 8) Marketing team is a joke - ALL new work comes from the owner and his connections 9) Take a look at the website and see how outdated ESI really is! 10) Feedback process - HA! Go through one cycle and you will know exactly what that is meant.

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1.0
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Pros

- Drinks on fridays - Nice office / views - Advanced IT dept

Cons

So many things... Management & Culture - ESI breeds a high-school like environment, in that it's very clear the old dogs run things and play favorites. If you're looking to get ahead or work in a different way than they like, you're out of there. They will not work with you, you need to be prepared to bend to their will or be let go. What's more frustrating is I had major challenges when I started because of the previous person's work. It was poorly designed and executed and needed a complete overhaul. There was no onboarding and when I asked for assistance or background information, no one could help me because they didn't even know and weren't willing to figure it out. I don't think anyone understood the challenge of the environment I was given. Definitely was not explained to me when I took the position. However, they were not concerned with my adjustment, only that I put bandaids over bullet wounds. Bottom line: no one there actually cares about you, your work or value. Only that you get challenging tasks done on their timetable. Otherwise, you're gone. Perhaps that's why they use so many freelancers. They like to dispose people.

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