3.75/5 - Designer Instrument Employee Review

4.0
Jan 23, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Smart, compassionate peers - A very successful agency - Pretty good work life balance

Cons

- Pay is lower than places like WK - Low diversity - Inconsistent and unclear promotions

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Instrument Response
5y
We appreciate your notes of both pros and cons in your experience working with us. We hope that our internal transparency on our representation goals, why they are important and what our goals are, is helpful as you track our progress over the next few years in this area. We also hope that our efforts with the internal Career Progression Framework start to show more consistency and clarity in the path to promotion, so you can feel confident that each leader is being held to consistent expectations before advocating for a team member's promotion. Thanks again for sharing.

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5.0
Jun 1, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Amazing work culture and benefits - Great variety of projects available with top global brands - Growth opportunities

Cons

Towards the end, a lot of compressed timelines and resource allocation made it harder to deliver good quality work. I get it's mostly the clients, but I think as an agency Instrument could also stand up for its employees better. Saw a lot of people getting burnt out at the end.

2.0
May 4, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people is the reason why I never wanted to leave.

Cons

The random layoffs and terrible managers not advocating for your growth while other people with great managers got promotions like crazy.

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