SUPER TOXIC! Don’t work here! - Project Manager SPMDesign Employee Review

1.0
Apr 21, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Cool clients with big names, and intriguing concepts- that’s about it.

Cons

Owner and management are EXTREMELY toxic and pretentious. Issues galore, and no one cares to fix any of the fundamental or structural problems. The culture is extremely cliquish and only a few people are welcoming. Don’t have your own ideas or opinions- just go along with the bully gang and try not to get trampled. No one cares about your input or how much you’re contributing if you’re not one of the “in-crowd”. In fact, if you are a sarcastic, arrogant, condescending bully you’ll do well here. Don’t even think about career mobility because there isn’t any; you will be in the same position and with the same salary years later- if you make it. Turnover is ridiculously high. I’ve seen over 20 people leave in the past year and a half. The projects and clients are exciting, but the processes and conditions are so bad that it outweighs everything else. You will be gaslit. You will be micromanaged. You will be insulted. You will be railroaded. You will be manipulated. I wouldn’t even let a person I dislike work here.

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5.0
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1.0
Feb 21, 2025
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Pros

In the end I found a better place..

Cons

SPMD.. While my time at SPMD presented significant challenges, including inconsistent management, a lack of clear direction, toxic work environment, coworkers constantly quitting or being fired, it ultimately forced me to develop exceptional problem solving skills, become highly adaptable, and proactively seek solutions to navigate a chaotic workplace. This experience has prepared me to thrive in a more supportive and structured environment, which I am now fortunate to have found somewhere else. If you plan on working here and ever want a work review FORGET it. Get your finances straight when you're hired or you will be screwed, because you wont get a dime more over the years. I've worked for companies without the best work environment but SPMD takes the cake as being by far the WORST. If you have medical concerns that need accommodations don't count on it.. they will find any reason to get you out of their hair by trying to dodge the ADA. They did it with me just a month before a serious brain surgery. Cheers SPMD! I wish with everything every employee there opens their eyes and sees a better opportunity to get out of there. If you're a client looking for a fabrication shop, look elsewhere. You can find better quality of fabrication and design just about anywhere else. Very cheap shop without proper machinery and equipment to do a job correctly. I literally had better equipment and machinery in a high school woodshop class, seriously it's a joke.

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