Don't work here - Anonymous employee Interbrand Employee Review

1.0
Sep 18, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Coffee machine and decent bagels provided daily.

Cons

Low salary, no flexibility on that. The business isn't doing well, so you probably can't count on a raise. There are no female creatives in higher positions. The entire design team is made up of white men, with the exception of 2 people. Very heavily male office, and the culture reflects that. Sexist comments and the classic male behavior (interrupting, condescending) can be expected. As a designer of any level, you will be expected to stay late almost every day. You do not get paid for overtime. The design area of the office plays really loud music all day, every day. People are constantly shouting to be heard over the music. So if you are someone who likes to get work done in a calm and quiet environment, this is definitely not the place for you (even with headphones in). There is one particular designer who makes work miserable for the new juniors coming in. Think everything from mean verbal comments to taking credit for your work to taking you off projects that he wants to be on. There is definitely some great talent in the design team but this is not a place for a young designer to be mentored and to learn and grow. You will be building decks. You won’t get your hands on any “sexy” branding projects until years in. Nor will you get to speak in client meetings.

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Interbrand Response
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We're very sorry to hear that this wasn't the right environment for you and hope that you've landed somewhere that is a better fit. We do not condone either sexist or mean behavior at Interbrand and certainly do not believe this is representative of our culture. We do take your comments very seriously and will be looking into the points you raise. We would, however, like to address some of your comments as we don’t believe they are all accurate: * Interbrand New York has been doing well and performing, and as a result we were able to promote 22% of our employees and give salary increases to 100% of all eligible people in 2018, YTD. * One third of our total design team is female including a Creative Director, Senior Designer and Design Fellow. Interbrand is committed to cultivating and promoting a culture of diversity and inclusion and creating a place where all employees feel they belong. * We often have more junior team members – designers as well as other disciplines – in client meetings where they have the opportunity to speak and lead work streams. There are many people here who truly care about the employees and the environment we work in. We also hold an exit interview for each full time person who moves on, where you have the opportunity to share your experience, what worked and what didn’t. For current or future Interbrander's, we encourage you to reach out while you are here and let us know how it’s going and how we can support you.

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