Pros
- People are lovely - Office is a really nice, bright space / working environment - Coffee machine and amazing once-weekly lunches - Great equipment and desk set up - Gym membership is a great perk - Lots of talented people
Cons
- Extremely low starting salaries, junior salary is pretty much impossible to live on in London. For a company that purports to have a strong culture and people-first ethos, they actually pay junior employees less than the London living wage. When I brought this up I was ignored. - The idea of ‘Do good, feel good’ is a bit of a farce unfortunately. Very few of the projects that they take on involve any notion of doing good for the world, which leaves a lot of the team feeling uninspired. - Working hours were 9-6pm everyday which feels unnecessarily long. These were never adjusted / reconsidered, even when there wasn’t a lot of work on. Beyond that there is a culture of working late and people will often feel awkward for leaving on time. - Upper management can be quite rude, completely ignoring Teams messages and emails from junior team members. - Serious lack of diversity across both studios. - Redundancies were poorly managed, the process taking a few months and causing a lot of people unnecessary stress. Also their second round of redundancies within a few years.