Good People, Design silos and Constant Management Change - Environmental Designer Freeman Employee Review

3.0
Aug 25, 2025
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Pros

Great work culture. Love the people I work with, they are funny and creative and empathetic. I'm personal friends with many of them. The work is repetitive but fast-paced, and sometimes I get a creative project here and there. The work can hit you hard sometimes where you can't come up for air, but most co-workers are willing to help each other out when they can.

Cons

The job is fine if you don't mind repetitive work and slow movement towards any fulfilling change. Their new Return to Office initiative is outdated and lacking empathy. It's hypocritical as there are people who work in other cities that aren't required to be in office, and yet those within the boundary aren't allowed to move and keep their job. It's a boys club when it comes to promotion and landing creative work, and very hard to get clear job roles and career paths. All I've heard during my tenure is "we are working on it." People get promoted because of who they know, or how loud they speak in a meeting, not because of their loyalty or talents. I've had so many managers during my time, all with different styles and motivations. None know how to navigate the corporate bureacracy, and the changing rules and "re-orgs."

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5.0
Jun 15, 2026
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Pros

Good people, good culture, flexible hybrid schedule

Cons

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3.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

Work life balance can be good at times and then it could be horrible. Opportunity for career advancement is there if you wait it

Cons

Salary is not great considering the amount of work we do, plus salaried positions do not make any OT money when we have very long weeks working on show site. Yearly annual raise is 3% which is nothing. The only significant raise you can get is if you get promoted to a more senior role. Also the traveling becomes brutal when you are gone for 10 or more days at a time for these shows.

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