Hello Design Reviews

Cons

Projects happen fast. Get pulled onto lots of different things.

Cons

Not many so far. Parking sometimes can be tough.

Cons

- Onboarding was fast
- Sometimes a little quiet
- Longer hours once in a while (if on deadline)

Cons

First of all, many of the five star reviews are fake and were written by management.
Very telling about how manipulative the CEO and partners are, and how they would rather cover up their issues with a band-aid rather then truly address the problems they cause within their own company.

CEO
- The epitome of toxic masculinity
- micro-manages to the point that employees cannot do their jobs
- re-uses ideas from previous pitches on newer clients and tries to convince himself that and new hires that their agency is "innovative"
- has made people cry
- Condescending and manipulative (will talk over you, yell, etc.)
- Constantly watching and hovering.
- Poor time management. Constantly waiting for him to show up to meetings. Making last minute changes to the projects because he wasn't paying attention.
- Would attempt to start drama between employees by pulling each aside and telling them different things about the same projects. Having them work against each other as opposed to collaborating.

I think this has been one of the most anxiety inducing work environments I've ever been in. The office is run by fear of being fired and yelled at. Other partners will not stand up to the CEO and will put blame on others to protect themselves.

Cons

- Work for Hello if you enjoy burnouts!
- There is ZERO onboarding so everyone is constantly making things up as they go.
- Highest turnover rate I've ever witnessed in my career.

The leadership team loves to throw tantrums and play the blame game to protect themselves when things go wrong. AND they'll claim your hard work as their own. You'll NEVER get the credit for anything. WAY TO BOOST EMPLOYEE MORALE.

PLEASE stop it with the fake "positive" reviews.

Lastly, I've had better coffee at car dealerships.

Cons

Honestly, the biggest con I had during my time at Hello were some of the more toxic folks that managed to slip into the agency…fortunately they soon left….Hello has standards (work hard and deliver smart work!) which from what I saw weeded out those folks quickly.

Cons

ZERO on-boarding, everyone is new (turn around is a revolving door), higher ups are swamped so no time for meetings or one-on-ones, working 12-18 hour days and no overtime (they just expect you to always stay late), CEO is a micro-manager (needs everyone to agree with his ideas and needs to change everything last minute)

Cons

Abusive and clueless upper management with the worst case of mansplaining I've ever experienced. Complete lack of clear communication, project expectations, and creative direction. Projects are haphazard and lack planning/process. Absolutely no respect for employees and co-workers. Instead of an atmosphere of support and understanding, there is a pervasive atmosphere of fear and distrust. No cohesion, organization, mentorship nor room for growth....you spend most of your time just trying to stay alive.

Cons

There was a short period of some toxic energy amongst some of the staff but I'm pretty sure those folks are gone (or got the boot).

Depending on who your manager is you may need to be more proactive in keeping one-on-ones/checkins.

Cons

- Turnaround is the worst I've ever seen, almost the entire team has changed out in the last couple years
- No onboarding/orientation/training whatsoever
- You're expected to do multiple people's jobs while you're getting underpaid for your own
- Yes, they do post fake Glassdoor reviews to counteract the real ones (there's probably going to be three 5-star ones after this)
- Upper management is absolutely clueless, especially to anything that's happening in the studio and constantly makes excuses to cover their own mistakes
- Upper management constantly underbids projects, overpromises to client, and then turns on the team when we can't deliver on a near impossible schedule
- Managing partners will regurgitate whatever the Creative Director/CEO says
- Also why does one person have a title that includes Creative Director & CEO when he can't even do the job of a simple intern?
- All in all, if you work here, you'll be working for a group of rich kids who met in college, never worked at a design agency, and for some reason thought they could run one.