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Soul-destroying - Anonymous employee Equator Design Employee Review

2.0
Mar 29, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Generally the team (those who do the donkey-work) are nice. Lots of talented people with diverse skills (although talent is often wasted). Studio space is nice and office culture events are quite good. Work/life balance has gradually improved now the US has finally grasped that the UK is in a different time zone!

Cons

Absolutely tone-deaf… Pay and pay rises are far from competitive, bonuses are non-existent and yet they like to brag to us how well the company has done each year?! The team is not diverse, senior management is toxic, don’t listen and favouritism is clear for all to see. The decent work is given to the senior managements 3 or 4 favourites and it’s the same people taking credit for other peoples hard work, while the rest of us are stuck doing the monotonous tasks. The Propelis takeover has been nothing short of shambolic, no direction, no communication and nothing seems to work properly. If you raise a concern you’re seen as an inconvenience snd treated as such. Equator has well and truly lost its voice and they just don’t seem to care about the consequences.

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5.0
Oct 18, 2024
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Pros

I was a summer intern at Equator Design and had an amazing experience! I learned so much in such a short amount of time as I was lucky enough to learn from three different departments, account management, photography and pr/marketing. My supervisors, Andi Summers, Lisamarie Cerny and Sally Mackrill were all incredibly supportive and informative.

Cons

I have nothing negative to say.

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3.0
May 17, 2026
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Pros

Nice people, cool office space, good designer scheduling system/management -- allows designers to end their days at 8 hours which is uncommon at an agency.

Cons

Low salaries, no growth opportunities, toxic people in leadership positions, non-existent culture.

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