Basically terrible. - Graphic Designer Infosys Employee Review

1.0
Sep 3, 2019
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Pros

The young, hard working talents of the design teams. All of whom are wasted at bb. The late nights, weekends and cancelled last minute holidays they’ve had to endure as a result of bad planning and panic induced flapping from the leadership team should be applauded A wonderful studio space, with lovely 360 degree views of London. Bricks, sleek steel interiors and a Sonos unfortunately can’t cover the obvious lack of natural culture or studio buzz.

Cons

It’s only right to point out this fact from the out set: half, if not most of the positive reviews on Glassdoor for bb have been desperately asked for by senior management. I’ve witnessed recruiting staff begging members of various teams to write positive reviews in the hope of attracting more talent. I was asked to do the same. This is manipulation of people and their right to review bb in their own words. Chaotic calamities would be a more apt name for the company. The irony of the name ‘Brilliant Basics’ beggars belief. The basics are certainly not being achieved and brilliant?...well, absolutely not. There is an over obsession with speed. The word speed is confused with the word rushed. Everything is rushed from the organisation of projects to the running of general studio life. The result is sloppy thinking and sloppy design execution. This impacts the talented design team who deserve better support. BB has a production line design philosophy and it’s obvious from most of the output. People are feeling incredibly down from not having a sense of ownership or a freedom to create and feeling unbelievably anxious, as though they dare not put a foot wrong other wise it’s either a public passive aggressive slack message or the silent treatment. No organisation and ZERO process means a constant stream of panic flowing through the entire company. Every project lacks a brief, an SOW or any real insight to produce work of the quality expected from their clients and industry peers. There’s no diversity or female leadership at the very top and this needs to change ASAP. If you’re a yes woman / man, you go straight to the top. There’s no room to challenge the status quo at bb.

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Infosys Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed working with the Design team and working in the London studio space. We are sorry to hear about some of the more negative aspects of your experience and would like to address these. We encourage all employees to share their opinions/experiences of Brilliant Basics on Glassdoor if they wish to do so. We take positive and constructive feedback on board and employees share their opinions if they choose to do so and they voice their own opinions. We are in a fast-paced industry and our clients are constantly looking for innovative solutions that we try to provide at speed. However, we would never expect employees to compromise quality as a result. We realise that the design industry has few women in leadership positions but we are taking many actions to address gender imbalance at bb. We have recently made female appointments in leadership positions and we partner with organisations such as She Says and Ladies that UX to address this. We value each individual and the contribution they make to our business. We are working on a review process to enable employees to set objectives with their managers, enabling development and career progression. bb is going through a period of rapid growth – with this comes many challenges but also many opportunities for improvement and a lot of excitement. If you would like to discuss your feedback, feel free to get in touch: peopleandculture@brilliantbasics.com

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